Uditha Devapriya·Aug 14, 2025Uthpala Wijesuriya’s many journeysOne of the youngest recipients of an Open Society Foundations (OSF) Fellowship, Uthpala Wijesuriya has an interesting story to tell.
Uditha Devapriya·Aug 13, 2025Some 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.
Uditha Devapriya·Aug 27, 2023A tribute to twoIt is customary for students to wax eloquent about their teachers, not so for teachers to rattle on about their students.A response icon1A response icon1
Uditha Devapriya·Apr 21, 2023Martin Wickramasinghe and A. G. FraserReassessing Martin Wickramasinghe’s speech at the 1971 Trinity College, Kandy Prize Giving.
Uditha Devapriya·Apr 15, 2023So long, KalangA tribute to Amarasiri KalansuriyaA response icon1A response icon1
Uditha Devapriya·Mar 27, 2023Neither Gemeinschaft nor GesellschaftFar from liberating Sri Lanka from a supposedly “tribalist” past, British colonialism actively entrenched a tribalist-elitist society.
Uditha Devapriya·Mar 10, 2023A visit to MargaSri Lanka’s oldest development think-tank, Marga Institute was formed in 1972, at a time of deep social unrest.
Uditha Devapriya·Jan 21, 2023Looking back: “Sagara Jalaya”A few reflections on Sumitra Peries’s underrated masterpiece.
Uditha Devapriya·Jan 14, 2023Reflecting on Mahagama Sekara on his death anniversaryMahagama Sekara passed away on January 14, 1976A response icon1A response icon1
