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By Uditha Devapriya What happens to a mass scale uprising when it loses its radical potential? It loses direction, focus, and the will to continue. The protests unfolding in the country have cut across ethnic and social divisions, unifying disparate classes and groups that once warred with each other. One middle-class protester, a private university […]
By Capt. Elmo Jayawardena Now we all wonder what is going to happen. Sri Lanka looks like one over-sized jigsaw puzzle with some of the important pieces missing. Sajith leading the Opposition says Gota and MR must go and the 20th amendment should be abolished. That is their battle front. It is an appropriate ‘battle […]
By Uditha Devapriya I’d like to say this is the beginning of the end, but it’s not. The latest spate of protests to hit the country has now been going on for more than a week. These protests have targeted one thing and one thing only: the Rajapaksas’ exit from power. While some argue we […]
By Uditha Devapriya With input from and photographs by Manusha Lakshan The social and cultural history of Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka has been the object of study for well over a century. Far from receding into a world of their own, these temples occupied a prominent place in the world around them. Buddhist monks […]
By Uditha Devapriya At more than 10 hours, the power cuts are draining Sri Lanka’s potential by the day. What’s particularly terrifying about them is that the government is imposing them in the early hours. I remember the Chandrika Kumaratunga blackouts well and they were bad, but not even the 2001 blackouts extended beyond midnight. […]