On 20 March, I read a letter from the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (WNPS). The letter was shared on Twitter following the removal of the ‘Stop Ecocide’ mural at Viharamahadevi Park. The letter, addressed to the Mayor of Colombo, requested permission to conduct an awareness…

I recently stumbled upon some fascinating facts about ‘federalism’ in Sri Lanka in the course of reading about our twentieth century history. The idea has a negative connotation today, and is often associated with ‘separatism’. However, it has an interesting history in Sri Lanka. …