Talk of Sinhala Buddhist hegemony in Sri Lanka has always tacitly assumed the Sinhala Buddhist bloc to be a single, unified force whose dominance has pushed to the background all other competing nationalisms. But is this ...

Seasonal rainfall in Sri Lanka is subjected to higher inter-annual variability in recent decades, leading to inherent problems in the socio-economic environments of the country. Therefore, it has become essential for the ...

Environment and human activities are two significant interrelated components in any society. Over the last decade, environmentalists began to evaluate how much human activities impact upon the various components of the ...

Language change has taken place as part of changing social structures. These changes have influenced the teaching contexts of these societies. Sri Lankan history shows how the changing political scenario and language ...

As a result of rapid urbanization and population growth, the Weligama Urban Council is experiencing an increasing spread of unrecognized waste dumps. Nearly 74% of people are facing negative consequences of this problem. ...

Since-late 1960s, many developing countries have implemented export oriented industrial strategies to promote industrialization and to accelerate economic growth. The establishment of an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) is ...

This paper is an attempt to uncover a world that would be worth affirming within our world that continually faces crises and social transformations. Religious, ethnic, cultural, political, and even academic spheres of ...

This paper examines, by analyzing the workshop process, production and audience responses to Walking Paths by the Stages Theatre Company and the Shadow Scenes art exhibition of Colomboscope 2015, the role of art in ...

The practice of utilizing the national education system itself as a tool for reconciliation has a relatively short history, but this has not relegated its importance in the reconciliation processes. From the dawn of the ...

With the conclusion of the civil war in Sri Lanka, most of the ambiguities and contradictions in Indo-Sri Lanka relations have come to an end. It seems that both countries are moving towards a more cooperative and pragmatic ...