Debas

09/04/2023

"While the Aragalaya last year saw a reawakening of civic resistance against poor governance, the movement had less of a demand and critique of transitional justice and reconciliation measures."

"Transitional justice in Sri Lanka: The importance of local ownership" by Roshni Kapur

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Local ownership is crucial for an effective and sustainable transitional justice intervention. Sri Lanka has yet to start a meaningful discourse on the significance of a community-driven process.

27/10/2022

187 Orchestra is an experimental soundscape vignette of a bus ride to Pettah that attempts to capture both the rhythm of the ride and the collective sounds of its passengers, the performers, that you experience on every ride.

The soundscape is experienced and told through the internal dialogue between current and past selves of one passenger.

"187 Orchestra" by Iman Hameed

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187 Orchestra is an experimental soundscape vignette of a bus ride to Pettah. It captures the rhythm of the ride and collective sounds of its passengers, the performers, you experience on every ride.

16/10/2022

Why China needs to multilateralise the Belt and Road Initiative and what China can do to convince the world that it is serious about collaboration and transparency.

"China must multilateralise BRI, for Global South’s sake" by Rathindra Kuruwita.

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Why China needs to multilateralise the Belt and Road Initiative and what China can do to convince the world that it is serious about collaboration and transparency.

19/09/2022

"By emphasising more aid effectiveness and leading an aid consortium for Sri Lanka, India can cement its growing reputation as a first responder in the developing world"

"By helping Sri Lanka, India helps itself" by Dr Ganeshan Wignaraja

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By emphasising more aid effectiveness and leading an aid consortium for Sri Lanka, India can cement its growing reputation as a first responder in the developing world.

03/09/2022

Sri Lanka stands to gain significantly from greater regional interdependence and closer economic links with India and other South Asian countries.

"Rethinking interdependence in South Asia" by Rohan Samarajiva

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Sri Lanka stands to gain significantly from greater regional interdependence and closer economic links with India and other South Asian countries.

20/08/2022

මහින්ද චින්තනය හෙවත් බයි හෙජමොනිය ඉවරවීමත් එක්ක ඒකට අවශ්‍ය වයිබ් එක හදපු මීඩියා, ආර්ට් ට්‍රෙන්ඩුත් ඉවර වෙයි ද?

Chandana Prasanna විසින් රචිත “රාජපක්ෂවාදය ඉවරයි. "වේරලියද්දවාදය" ඉවර ද?”.

සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය: https://www.debas.lk/rajapakshawadaya-iwarai-weraliyaddawadaya-iwarada/?fbclid=IwAR0xTf7aAIf6kt_zKtrH35ZBStAMjpgObExlhWnVpWiuBAeTVHr-Ces0wgU

මහින්ද චින්තනය හෙවත් බයි හෙජමොනිය ඉවරවීමත් එක්ක ඒකට අවශ්‍ය වයිබ් එක හදපු මීඩියා, ආර්ට් ට්‍රෙන්ඩුත් ඉවර වෙයි ද? රා....

18/08/2022

In Sri Lanka, the wives of the disappeared carry bags full of contested memories which represent their collective resistance against state-enforced disappearance of their loved ones

“Inside the bags of resistance: Contested memories and the wives of the disappeared in Sri Lanka” by Prateek Raj Srivastava

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In Sri Lanka, the wives of the disappeared carry bags full of contested memories which represent their collective resistance against state enforced disappearance of their loved ones.

07/08/2022

රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ භූමිකාව විග්‍රහ කරනුයේ “දැන් ඉතින් මේ ඇති” යන සරල හේතුව මත යුක්තියුක්ත වන පත්වීමක් ලෙසයි. ඔහුට නිශ්චිත වගකීම් කීපයක් පැවරී තිබේ. ඒ මොනවාද?

අජිත් පැරකුම් ජයසිංහ විසින් රචිත “ඉනෆ් ඉස් ඉනෆ් ජනාධිපති”.

සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය: https://www.debas.lk/enough-is-enough-janadhipathi

22/07/2022

Prof. Kanishka Jayasuriya argues in this article that the roots of Sri Lanka's crisis are in the fault lines and the political disincorporation of nearly four decades of neoliberalism and the crisis of authority and representation within the state.

“Pulling the emergency brake”: Politics of disincorporation and the fault lines of Sri Lanka’s political crisis

By Kanishka Jayasuriya

The roots of Sri Lanka's crisis are in the fault lines and political disincorporation of nearly four decades of neoliberalism and the crisis of authority and representation within the state.

17/07/2022

"There is no doubt that Sri Lanka is at a crossroads. But what brought Sri Lanka to this pivotal moment?"

Gota gone: How Rajapaksa’s own campaign strategy backfired on him
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There is no doubt that Sri Lanka is at a crossroads. But what brought Sri Lanka to this pivotal moment?

05/07/2022

“Why do Rajapaksa loyalists remain faithful to the regime even as the country is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence?”

“Fealty in the face of collapse: Regime loyalty in times of crisis” by Shakthi De Silva

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Why do Rajapaksa loyalists remain faithful to the regime even as the country is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence?

05/07/2022

“However, to pretend that Sri Lankan cricket has remained bereft of politics or that the players have upheld this spirit of apolitical community is dangerous naivety.”

“Batting for a cause: On cricket and protests” by
Thimal Gajadeera

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To pretend that Sri Lankan cricket has remained bereft of politics or that the players have upheld this spirit of apolitical community is dangerous naivety.