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Sri Lanka Is the Only Country in South Asia That Has Some Political Hope

Nov 26, 2024 | znetwork.org | Jayadeva Uyangoda |Amit Baruah

Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election results and their implications for Sri Lanka’s future. He discusses South Asian politics, democratic movements, and social transformation. What do the results of November 14 mean for Sri Lanka? The November 14 results essentially reconfirm the outcome of the presidential election held on September 21.
Sri Lanka presidential election: From citizens’ protests to regime change

Sep 27, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Jayadeva Uyangoda

The election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka's president on September 21 is an event of historic significance for the country. When he was sworn in an unusually simple ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on September 23, the symbolism of those who were present had one unmistakable message. The new president is an ordinary citizen in social terms with no pretensions to public display of power, taste, wealth or grandeur.
A break from the past, a new beginning in Sri Lanka

Sep 24, 2024 | thehindu.com | Jayadeva Uyangoda

The swearing-in of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s new elected President on September 23, 2024, marks a new beginning of historical significance. It symbolises a dramatic shift in the class bases of political power — from a privileged minority of Colombo-centric, westernised elites to a broad coalition of non-elite social forces.
Lessons and advice for post-Hasina Bangladesh from Sri Lanka

Sep 3, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Ramisa Rob |Jayadeva Uyangoda

As we approach a month of Sheikh Hasina's fall in Bangladesh, Dr Jayadeva Uyangoda, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, speaks to Ramisa Rob of The Daily Star regarding the parallels with Sri Lanka's democratic movement in 2022, and the lessons to learn for Bangladesh. Do you see any similarities between the ouster of the Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka and the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh? In my view, there are four key ones.
Re-inventing the Idea of University: Some Reflections and Proposals

Sep 22, 2023 | groundviews.org | Jayadeva Uyangoda

Photo courtesy of MongabayThe keynote address at the Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Arts, University of PeradeniyaThere are two reasons that motivated me to select this topic. The first is my desire to share with you my conviction that the ruling idea of university in Sri Lanka needs to be immediately abandoned and replaced by a new and socially more robust one. The second is to pay my tribute to a book that was published last year on the concept of university.
Re-Imagining Democracy in Sri Lanka

Sep 15, 2023 | groundviews.org | Jayadeva Uyangoda

Today is the International Day of DemocracyExcerpts of the speech by Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda at the launch of the book, Democracy and Democratization in Sri Lanka: Paths, Trends and Imaginations, edited by Professor Uyangoda and published by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS).
Sri Lanka’s local elections are a major threat to the ruling class

Feb 13, 2023 | himalmag.com | Jayadeva Uyangoda

Sri Lankans entered 2023 with an unwelcome gift from the government – a new income tax policy. This was meant to bolster empty public coffers as the government tries to navigate the country’s economic crisis, but for ordinary people already facing difficulty on every front it was one more blow from the same ruling class that created the mess in the first place.
Key Reasons as to why the ‘thesis’ of ‘independence without bloodshed’ is hardly admired in Sri Lanka – dbsjeyaraj.com

Feb 5, 2023 | dispatchist.com | Jayadeva Uyangoda

(Jayadeva Uyangoda is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka) Controversy looms over Sri Lanka’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of its Independence (February 4, 1948), with a question having been raised on whether it is worth wasting Sri Lankan rupees 300 million on this event.In Sri Lanka, 1948 as an event has hardly struck a chord outside official circles.Some of the reasons are rooted in Sri Lanka’s specific path to Independence.The main point in any...
Little to celebrate in Sri Lanka at 75

Feb 3, 2023 | thehindu.com | Jayadeva Uyangoda

Controversy looms over Sri Lanka’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of its Independence (February 4, 1948), with a question having been raised on whether it is worth wasting Sri Lankan rupees 300 million on this event. Why has the Sri Lankan government decided to have an expensive official celebration? The country is facing ruinous economic collapse and thousands of poor citizens could be facing starvation.