Debas

Debas is a platform which brings together diverse perspectives on Sri Lankan politics, economy, society and culture in dialogue with one another.

[Debas @debaslk]

Welcome to Debas!

Debas is an online platform which brings together diverse perspectives on Sri Lankan politics, economy, and society in dialogue with one another. Visit our website at https://t.co/w4zwZEINiz We invite writers to send in their pitches to [email protected]

[Debas @debaslk]

Sri Lanka has yet to start a meaningful discourse on the significance of a community-driven transitional justice process.

"Transitional justice in Sri Lanka: The importance of local ownership" by @K_Roshni

Full article: https://t.co/NYTMNtDDQh

[Debas @debaslk]

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.

"187 Orchestra" by Iman Hameed.

Full short story: https://t.co/pQLWMiY3TW

[Debas @debaslk]

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 @rathindra984

Full article: https://t.co/XJpBHSH6HC

[Rajni Gamage @Rajni_Gamage]

Antonythasan Jesuthasan writes for @debaslk on “Counting and Cracking”, performed at Birmingham 2022 Festival, a drama which follows the journey of a Sri Lankan Australian family over 4 generations and the story of post-independence Sri Lanka and Australia as an immigrant nation

[Debas @debaslk]

“சாதாரண மனிதர்கள் கஷ்டங்களினாலும் வலிகளினாலும் சொரியும் கண்ணீருக்கு முன்னால் இனவாத ஊளைக்கூச்சல்களிற்கு எந்தப் பெறுமதியுமில்லை என்பதை அரங்கிலிருந்த பார்வையாளர்களின் கண்ணீர் நிரூபித்தது.”

“Counting and Cracking” by @shobasakthi

Full article: https://t.co/r4bY0eam65

[Debas @debaslk]

We welcome authors to submit responses to the arguments made in this article by sending in their pitches to debasdialogues [at] gmail [dot] com.

Accepted submissions will be paid a standard honorarium.

[Debas @debaslk]

"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

Full article: https://t.co/nBSqxa2iUg

[Rohan Samarajiva @samarajiva]

Rethinking interdependence in South Asia. The first piece I gave a new online publication. Here I discuss how we may approach the thorny subject of connectivity in South Asia, esp the fraught subject of connecting with India. https://t.co/KTyxvvjC5I

[Debas @debaslk]

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 @samarajiva

Full article: https://t.co/bdJY2t2GfB

[Debas @debaslk]

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

@nidahasa විසින් රචිත “රාජපක්ෂවාදය ඉවරයි. "වේරලියද්දවාදය" ඉවර ද?”.

සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය: https://t.co/0k5jTFA8tP

[Debas @debaslk]

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.

[Debas @debaslk]

“Inside the bags of resistance: Contested memories and the wives of the disappeared in Sri Lanka” by @sriprateekraj

Full article: https://t.co/Pr6Rdc1Fkd

[Debas @debaslk]

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?

@ajithperakum විසින් රචිත “ඉනෆ් ඉස් ඉනෆ් ජනාධිපති”.

සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය: https://t.co/uIqZkuDK8v

[Debas @debaslk]

@fafner100 Thank you for contributing a critical perspective on the current Sri Lankan crisis

[Debas @debaslk]

Prof Kanishka Jayasuriya @fafner100 writes for @debaslk on Sri Lanka's political crisis of authority and representation whose explosive fault lines have been shaped by decades-long processes of neoliberal economic restructuring and authoritarian politics.

[Kanishka Jayasuriya @fafner100.bsky.social @fafner100]

Here is my analysis @debas of the twin crises of political disincorporation and authority over four decades of neoliberal restructuring. Highly recommend this site for analysis of the current crisis.
https://t.co/faJuwi5Bts

[Debas @debaslk]

.@fafner100 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.

[Debas @debaslk]

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

By @fafner100

https://t.co/IcnVEuocJy

[Nimendra Mawalagedara @NMawalagedara]

In this piece for @debaslk, I explain how Gotabaya Rajapaksa's use of anti-establishment rhetoric & nationalist appeals in his 2019 Presidential campaign laid the groundwork for the protests that led to his resignation.
#SriLanka #nationalism #populism #Protests #democracy

[Debas @debaslk]

'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

by @NMawalagedara

Full article: https://t.co/9KGKWLyeKJ

[Debas @debaslk]

“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 @shakthi721994

Full article: https://t.co/oJ48uoGfKc