On Academic ‘Un’freedom
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in The Island, 15 January 2025: https://island.lk/on-academic-unfreedom/) The issue of academic freedom is back in the
An Entity Without Memory:Public Erasure of Dr Manmohan Singh at South Asian University
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in The Wire, 02 January 2025: https://thewire.in/education/an-entity-without-memory-public-erasure-of-manmohan-singh-at-south-asian-university) When former Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh
The Degree Circus
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in The Island, 18 December 2024: https://island.lk/the-degree-circus/) “To prove that degrees, per se, are worthless. Often, they
‘Ramayanizing’ Sri Lanka by Courtesy of SriLankan Airlines
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in The Island, 20 November 2024: https://island.lk/ramayanizing-sri-lanka-by-courtesy-of-srilankan-airlines/#:~:text=Today%2C%20we%20know%20Lanka%20as,of%20Ravana’s%20Lanka%20well%20within) SriLankan Airlines’ five-minute commercial promoting the so-called ‘Ramayana Trail’
People’s role in NPP Government
Anushka Kahandagamage (Initially published in The Island, 19 November 2024: https://island.lk/peoples-role-in-npp-govt/) The election of the NPP as the new government
Adani’s ‘Power’ in Sri Lanka
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in The Island, 13 November 2024: https://island.lk/adanis-power-in-sri-lanka/) “Integrity, transparency and the fight against corruption have to
A Government of the People, for the People, by the People?
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in the Sunday Observer, 10 November 2024: https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2024/11/10/news-features/37377/a-govt-of-the-people-for-the-people-by-the-people/) It was Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US president
විදේශ සේවය වෘත්තීයකරණය කිරීම
සසංක පෙරේරා (3 නොවැම්බර් 2024) විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික සබඳතාවල තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳ මම මීට පෙර කිහිප වතාවක්ම
Professionalizing the Foreign Service
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in the Sunday Observer, 3 November 2024: https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2024/11/03/news-features/36874/professionalising-the-foreign-service/) Ministry of Foreign Affairs I have written about
Israelis in Sri Lanka and the Advent of a ‘Neo’ Colonialism
Sasanka Perera (Initially published in The Island, 28 October 2024: https://island.lk/israelis-in-sri-lanka-and-advent-of-a-neo-colonialism/) On 23rd October 2024, the United States Embassy in Colombo