Uthpala Wijesuriya’s many journeysOne of the youngest recipients of an Open Society Foundations (OSF) Fellowship, Uthpala Wijesuriya has an interesting story to tell.Aug 14Aug 14
Some Right Royal ReflectionsA personal account of how one public school in Sri Lanka has become an unlikely marker of the many social transitions since independence.Aug 13Aug 13
A tribute to twoIt is customary for students to wax eloquent about their teachers, not so for teachers to rattle on about their students.Aug 27, 2023A response icon1Aug 27, 2023A response icon1
Martin Wickramasinghe and A. G. FraserReassessing Martin Wickramasinghe’s speech at the 1971 Trinity College, Kandy Prize Giving.Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
So long, KalangA tribute to Amarasiri KalansuriyaApr 15, 2023A response icon1Apr 15, 2023A response icon1
Neither Gemeinschaft nor GesellschaftFar from liberating Sri Lanka from a supposedly “tribalist” past, British colonialism actively entrenched a tribalist-elitist society.Mar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023
A visit to MargaSri Lanka’s oldest development think-tank, Marga Institute was formed in 1972, at a time of deep social unrest.Mar 10, 2023Mar 10, 2023
Looking back: “Sagara Jalaya”A few reflections on Sumitra Peries’s underrated masterpiece.Jan 21, 2023Jan 21, 2023
Reflecting on Mahagama Sekara on his death anniversaryMahagama Sekara passed away on January 14, 1976Jan 14, 2023A response icon1Jan 14, 2023A response icon1
