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By Uditha Devapriya Writing to the Daily Mirror of February 7, Ahilan Kadirgamar observes that the rise of pro-free market and neoliberal policy think-tanks signify “a shift away from analysing agriculture and food which research centres focused on four decades ago.” I would agree and add that it signifies a shift from industrial and industrialisation […]
By Uditha Devapriya Review of Sandya Salgado’s Not Just My Good Karma 2019, Rs. 2,500, 326 pages One of the best anthropological studies of advertising ever written, Steven Kemper’s Buying and Believing charts the growth of the industry in Sri Lanka from the early 20th century. Kemper argues that advertising in the country was largely […]
Monday 14th February, 2022 Unable to handle trade union disputes democratically, the government has taken a leaf out of the late President J. R. Jayewardene’s draconian rule book. Adopting his jackboot tactics, it has invoked a 1979 law to ban trade union action in the health and power sectors. One should not be so naïve […]
By Uditha Devapriya Udaya Gammanpila’s advice to politicians over the growing economic crisis is a five-point checklist: accepting there is an issue, identifying it, understanding it, revealing the truth to the people, and leading by example by making sacrifices. The checklist reads like the Buddha’s take on the notion of suffering, all the way from […]
By Uditha Devapriya It’s not really Basil Rajapaksa’s fault. When the country’s Finance Minister announced that the government had requested IMF for advice and expected a team to arrive in the country a week or so down the line, Colombo’s free market advocates thought debt restructuring was in the air. Some praised Rajapaksa, others praised […]