Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Dec 4, 2024Reproductive Justice Organizing, Feminism and the [centre] Left [read ‘right’…?]Looking at a personal (and of course political) archive today, I felt the urge to pen a quick retrospective note of my past contributions…
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Sep 18, 2024The Woman Prime MinisterNB: This article is dedicated to the memory of thousands of women comrades who were tortured, sexually abused and murdered by the Sri…
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Jul 29, 2024Serena To Tharjini: The Battle For Gender Justice In Sport[NB: This article was originally published in the Colombo Telegraph, 16 September 2018]
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Jun 25, 2024Will our new cordial partnership with Britain trickle down to NI’s day-to-day politics?This op-ed piece was first published in The Journal on 18 April 2014.
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Feb 14, 2024The Bader-Ginsburg ComplexNB: This article was originally published in Te Tangi a Te Ruru on 23 September 2020.
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Aug 31, 2021Mangala Samaraweera: ObituaryThe political sphere of Sri Lanka, with its feudalistic and clientelist fault lines, is a space where ‘liberal’ political discourses and…
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Apr 19, 2021Peeping Tom RajapaksheThe new year week witnessed the drama surrounding the press conference of Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe MP and ven. M. Aanada, followed by the…
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Mar 21, 2021From Disha to Bhagya: Melting the Snowflake-Patriarchy in the SubcontinentThe name of Disha Ravi [DR], a 21-year-old climate justice activist, shook Bharat by storm in mid-February 2021. DR is the founder of the…
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Mar 6, 2021Fascist Pretences and Progressive SlumberNandasena Rajapaksa [NR], the president of Sri Lanka placed in that role by powerful commercial and media interests, recently published a…
Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana·Dec 10, 2020The funny film: A Call to BoycottIt was undoubtedly the most frustrating cinematic experience ever. I watched Funny Boy by D. Mehta [DM] on CBC Gem, during the weekend of…