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By Uditha Devapriya In Sri Lanka, March conjures visions of big matches, cycle parades, and elitist tamashas in Colombo. This March, we will be seeing an outpouring of opposition, defiance, resistance. The outpouring is in the form of anger at the powers that be and their enforcement of austerity at any price. The elite of […]
By Uditha Devapriya The pioneers of the cultural revival which materialised in countries like Sri Lanka in the early 20th century laid the groundwork for the evolution and modernisation of the arts in the region. Yet many of these pioneers were traders and merchants, commercial capitalists or in other words practical men, who sought profits […]
In our midst, right now, are two Aussie-Sri Lankan artistes, while in Australia, some of our big names are still, in that part of the world, keeping the Aussie-Sri Lankans entertained In Colombo, we have Roger Menezes, now based in Sydney, and Cherrie Chamari, from Melbourne. While Cherrie is here to put together a music […]
By Uditha Devapriya In Modernizing Composition: Sinhala Song, Poetry, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sri Lanka (University of California Press, 2017), Garrett Field emphasises the role that radio played in disseminating and elevating musical standards in the newly independent colonies of South Asia. The 1950s, when this process played itself out, was a period in which […]
By Uditha Devapriya Given the scale of the crisis, it’s natural that political parties in Sri Lanka are focusing on the economy. Even if the March elections will theoretically not impact parliamentary numbers, there is bound to be a massive electoral backlash against the current government, which is led by an unelected President on the […]