Pretty Little Babies: Auditing The Epstein Era
The obscenity of Jeffrey Epstein and the ongoing fallout from the investigation into his activities in the 1990s and 2000s is a portal into a parallel world, which adjoins and extends its…
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Wattamadu: A Grassland in Conflict
Another round of talks on the Wattamadu grassland issue has ended without a solution. The final round of discussions between the dairy farmers who claim the grassland and the paddy farmers who…
Understanding Why Conservation Matters for Sri Lanka – Part 3
Deforestation and the human-animal conflict have become dangerously intertwined as natural habitats shrink. Wildlife is continuously forced closer to human settlements. The numbers indicate a sobering picture. In 2024, the world lost…
How Young Citizens Are Rewriting South Asian Politics
The youth of Nepal are rewriting the nation’s history. Nepal, a Himalayan nation between India and China with a population of around 30 million people, is known for its political volatility and…
2025: A Year of Reckoning
This year began following the NPP’s electoral victory, signaling a decisive shift away from corrupt political elites towards a more hopeful future, built on social justice and economic relief for the working…
A Wise Christmas
Important events in the Christian calendar are to be regurlarly reviewed if they are to impact on the lives of people and communities. This is certainly true of Christmas. Years ago a…
Trumpian America’s Unwitting Christmas Gift to Global South
“Every cloud has a silver lining,” wrote English poet-philosopher and leading 17th century civil servant John Milton in one of his lesser known plays. While Milton is best known for his theological-allegorical…
Moving Forward from Ditwah: Understanding the Scale, Impact and Road to Recovery
The most devastating natural disaster to hit Sri Lanka in decades, Cyclone Ditwah, has forced the country into its most severe climate-related humanitarian crisis in recent memory. Sri Lanka is only beginning…
Understanding Why Conservation Matters for Sri Lanka – Part 2
Forests play a crucial role far beyond simply absorbing water. For generations, people viewed them as sponges but we now understand they are sophisticated water management systems. Forests support plant growth, regulate…
PSTA: The NPP’s 1984 Moment?
Some fates are written in broken promises. The UNP’s 1977 election manifesto acknowledged the existence of a Tamil ethnic problem, enumerated some of its root causes, promised to resolve it politically and…
Tamil Politics at the Crossroads: Expectations, Caution and the Question of Delivery
Recent engagements between the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) and the Tamil National People’s Front (TNFP), together with earlier discussions involving Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, have once again brought Sri…
The Protection of the State from Terrorism Act: Has the NPP Lost Its Way?
Repressive government actions that restrict citizen behaviour undermine political legitimacy and fuel anti-government sentiment as history has repeatedly demonstrated, the Soviet Union being a case in point. Rather than quelling dissent, repression…
Initial Reactions to the Government’s Protection of the State from Terrorism Act
As a country seeking to address the legacy of its past war and armed conflicts, Sri Lanka must roll back the overbroad and dangerous laws that have been repeatedly abused to the…
Alerts, Access and Awareness: What Disaster Preparedness Needs to Look Like
Sri Lanka has always lived with the rhythm of the monsoon but the floods that followed Cyclone Ditwah were a brutal reminder that the climate crisis is changing the scale of what…
Rebuilding Sri Lanka With Purpose
Sri Lanka’s latest natural disaster once again exposed deep structural weaknesses not only in disaster preparedness but also in governance economic resilience and regional connectivity. Amid this crisis India’s response stood out…
