‘The function of art is to do more than tell it it like it is - it’s to imagine what is possible.’ bell hooks (Outlaw Culture 2012) Well done Amal de Chickera for writing critical histories for our children.

If there’s no rice eat ice-cream?? Our own Marie-Antoinette - [if there’s no bread] let them eat cake’ #EconomicCrisis #SL #aragalayatajaya

I suppose once the state can no longer guarantee 'the safety of children' and is causing 'family breakdown' via #EconomicCrisisLK the 'absent mothers' are permitted to migrate and earn valuable FOREX southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/1… srilanka.unfpa.org/sites/default/…

Just as I was despairing that the taking over of the Presidential Palace was mostly by men …

Young men sweeping up and washing the dishes after storming the Presidential kitchen. This is truly an Aragalaya! #aragalayatajaya #GotaGoHome

kakistocracy—governance by a country’s worst citizens. Learned a new term via Neil DeVotta 2022

‘It was nationalism that enabled governance rooted in meritocracy to be supplanted by ethnocracy, which over time has led to kakistocracy—governance by a country’s worst citizens.’ -DeVotta 2022

I teach from this book and project every year. That women have the ‘right to loiter’ dismantles our assumptions about women’s safety in public space.

CREA Program Director Piyumi Samaraweera speaks on The Development Hub's latest episode of "#Decolonising Development" on South-South learning and influencing the global #feminist discourse! Check it out here ⤵️ youtu.be/0vKotA4Gzbk

දැන් කොම්පඤ්ඤවීදිය මිනිසුන් කොළඹ නගරයේ යටත්විජිතවාදී ඉතිහාසයේ ප්‍රධානතම කොටසකි. කොළඹ යනු ඔවුන්ගේ ගමයි- ඔවුන්ගේ මුතුන් මිත්තන් විසූ නිවහන යි. නාගරික ප්‍රතිනිර්මාණය නිසා මෙම ප්‍රජාවන් සහ ඔවුන්ගේ නිවාස විනාශ වෙමින් පවතී. මෙසේ මැකී යන්නේ ඔවුන්ගේ ඉතිහාසය සහ මතකයන්ය.

The people of Slave Island - now Kompanna Veediya - are a vital part of Colombo’s colonial history. Colombo is their village - their ancestral home. Urban regeneration is demolishing these communities. By destroying their homes, urban regeneration erases history and memory.

தற்லெொது க ொம்கெனி வீதி என்று அழழக் ப்ெடும் ஸ்லேவ் ஐேண்ட் ெகுதியில் வசிக்கும் மக் ள் க ொழும்ெின் குடிலயற்றக் ொே வரேொற்றின் ஒரு முக் ிய அங் ம் ஆவர். க ொழும்பு அவர் ளின் ிரொமம் - அவர் ளின் மூதொழதயர் வீடு. ந ர மீளுருவொக் ம் இந்தச் சமூ ங் ழள அழித்து வரு ிறது.

මෙම නිවෙස්වලට ඉතිහාසයක් ඇත. මේ මිනිසුන් නගරය ගොඩනැගූහ. අප ඔවුන්ව නොවැදගත් ලෙස ඉවත් කළහොත් කුමක් සිදුවේ ද? ඔවුන්ගේ සාමූහික මතකයන්ට කුමක් සිදුවේ ද? #ColomboIsOurVillage #RighttotheCity #RightToStay #LivableHomes #CaringCommunities #InclusiveCity

இந்த வீடு ள் வரேொற்ழறத் தொங் ி நிற் ின்றன. இந்த மக் ள் ந ரத்ழத உருவொக் ினொர் ள். இந்த மக் ழள நொம் புறந ர்ப் ெகுதி ளுக்குத் தள்ளும்லெொது என்ன நடக்கும்? க ூட்டு நிழனவு ளுக்கு என்ன நடக்கும்? #ColomboIsOurVillage #RightToStay #LivableHomes #CaringCommunities #InclusiveCity

These homes hold history. These people built the city. What happens when we discard them to the peripheries? What happens to collective memory? #ColomboIsOurVillage #RighttotheCity #RightToStay #LivableHomes #CaringCommunities #InclusiveCity

කොම්පඤ්ඤවීදිය පරම්පරා ගණනාවක් බහු වාර්ගික සහ බහු ආගමික ප්‍රජාවක් වෙසෙන ප්‍රදේශයකි සිංහල, දමිළ, මරක්කල, මැලේ, ජා සහ ඇෆ්ගන් ජනතාව මෙහි වෙසෙති බෞද්ධ, හින්දු, ක්‍රිස්තියානි සහ මුස්ලිම් ජනතාව මෙහි ජීවත් වෙති නාගරික ප්‍රතිනිර්මාණය තුළින් මෙම ප්‍රජාවන් බිඳ දැමීමෙන් කුමක් සිදුවේ ද?

சிங் ளவர் ள், தமிழர் ள், லசொன ர், மேொயர் ள், ஜொவொக் ள், ஆப் ொனிஸ்தொனியர் ள் இங்கு வொழ் ின்றனர். கெௌத்தர் ள், இந்துக் ள், ிறிஸ்தவர் ள் மற்றும் முஸ்ேிம் ள் இங்கு வொழ் ின்றனர். ந ர மீளுருவொக் ம் மூேம் சமூ ங் ள் உழடக் ப்ெடும்லெொது என்ன நடக்கும்?

Kompanna Veediya has been a multi-ethnic and multi-religious community for generations Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, Malays, Ja, Afganis live here Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, and Muslims live here What happens when communities are broken up by urban regeneration? #RightToStay