Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
Dual citizenship Restriction: Time for Change
Colombo Telegraph, 5 September 2020 The draft 20th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of the 2nd Republic of Sri Lanka, in its current...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Jun 25, 2020
- 7 min
Pride amidst Pandemic: Sri Lankan Perspective on Pride 2020
Colombo Telegraph, 25 June 2020 Pride 2020 is markedly different from previous years. Apart from the obvious reality that we are unable...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Apr 24, 2020
- 7 min
Pandemic politics, or politicised pandemic?
Colombo Telegraph, 24 April 2020 The management of the Corona crisis in Sri Lanka has no shortage of critics. Some are purely cynical....
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Mar 9, 2020
- 6 min
Sri Lankan Foreign Policy in the New Decade
Colombo Telegraph, 9 March 2020 Part One: Managing Big-Power Relations: a story of rocks and hard places In this series of articles, this...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Jan 2, 2020
- 10 min
The politics of SOGIESC in Sri Lanka: a year-end reflection
Colombo Telegraph, 2 January 2020 There has been no better time for SOGIESC advocacy in Sri Lanka. Like in many countries across the...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Aug 18, 2019
- 5 min
Liberals for Gota? Politics at the hour of populism/s
Colombo Telegraph, 18 August 2019 As the SLPP National Convention was taking place in Colombo, an intriguing dialogue was taking place on...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Jul 22, 2019
- 7 min
Queering The JVP
Colombo Telegraph, 22 July 2019 At a rally held in Nugegoda on Sunday 7th July 2019, the JVP made history in Sri Lanka’s political...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Feb 5, 2019
- 12 min
Thoughts On Decolonising Lanka: From Servility To Dignity
Colombo Telegraph, 5 February 2019 To mark the seventy-first anniversary of Sri Lanka gaining dominion status. One of the most insightful...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Nov 3, 2018
- 4 min
Advising Mahinda Rajapaksa: A Strategic Perspective?
Colombo Telegraph, 3 November 2018 The publication of an email, sent by Ambassador Dr Dayan Jayatilleka to Prime Minister Rajapaksa via...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Oct 27, 2018
- 7 min
The Rajapaksa Return: Slap On The Face Of Sri Lankan Neoliberalism, Once again?
Colombo Telegraph, 27 October 2018 In a move that left the world shocked, President Maitripala Sirisena ‘appointed’ former President...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Sep 16, 2018
- 13 min
Serena To Tharjini: The Battle For Gender Justice In Sport
Colombo Telegraph, 16 September 2018 Sri Lanka achieved a spectacular victory of 69-50 against Singapore at the 2018 Asian championships....
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Jan 19, 2017
- 12 min
Sri Lanka’s LGBTIQ Equality Stalemate & Victorian Hangovers: Reflections On A Decolonizing Approach
The week of the 16th of January 2017 carried bad news for Sri Lanka’s LGBTIQ community. At the weekly meeting of the Cabinet of...
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Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana
- Dec 10, 2016
- 7 min
LGBTQI Rights In Sri Lanka: Long Way Ahead
The 2016 world conference (#ILGA2016BKK) of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Association (ILGA) was...
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