2022 has seen the most dramatic uprising of people against the government’s tyrannical rule since independence. Amidst a devastating economic crisis, the people raised their voices against corruption, misrule and economic mismanagement, demanding greater democracy. Instead of heeding the people’s call for change in the political culture and economic accountability, the government has responded with […]
#uதுකම් (#Duty): By Laleen Jayamanne Somewhere online, I found this simple but startling composite, multi-scripted, word-slogan of the aragalaya; (#duty#යුතුකම්). Written with letters (akshara), drawn from all three languages of the country, it appears to be by an anonymous artist during the earlier GOTAGOGAMA PHASE of the aragalaya. It’s a key word expressing an ethical […]
By Lynn Ockersz For the Isle’s local Sires, On whom the reins of power, Were bestowed with caution, By a tactically retreating empire, The umbilical tie with the latter, Was never brought asunder, For, the departing big power, Wanted a faithful local agent, And our Brown Sahib class, With its zest for adulation, Meets the […]