Journalism

Sri Lanka and the NPP’s First Year in Government, The Diplomat
The Fight to Decriminalize Same-Sex Relations in Sri Lanka, Himal Southasian
A New Dawn in Sri Lanka, Fountain Ink
What Does a Woman’s Appointment as Prime Minister in Sri Lanka Teach the World About Gender Equality?, The Diplomat
Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Reflected a Regional Divide, The Diplomat
The Lingering Economic Consequences of Sri Lanka’s Civil War, The Diplomat
Sex Workers: Sri Lanka’s Most Vulnerable, Fountain Ink
Why Should Domestic Labour be Formalised in Sri Lanka?, Jamhoor
Making the Radical Sound Real, Pen Australia
Sri Lanka’s Care Crisis, Jamhoor
Where Does Sri Lanka’s Protest Movement Go From Here?, The Diplomat
Sri Lanka’s Flawed Path to Independence, The Diplomat
Sri Lanka’s Left Turn, Foreign Policy
Sri Lankan Trade Unionist Joseph Stalin Explains How the Country’s Government Fell, Jacobin
Inside Sri Lanka’s Devastating Economic Crisis, Foreign Policy
Sri Lanka: President Agrees to Resign Amid Unrest, The Guardian
Fight for a Common Future, Welt Sichten (in German)
Exploited in a Crisis: Why are Sri Lankans Getting on Boats Bound for Australia?, The Guardian
‘They Could not Save their Baby’: the Human Cost of Sri Lanka’s Fuel Crisis, The Guardian
‘People are Going to Die’: crisis-hit Sri Lanka Runs Out of Medicine, The Guardian
Election Day Press Release about Asylum Seeker Boats ‘a disgrace’, Richard Marles says, The Guardian
First in Four Decades: Why Sri Lanka General Strike Matters, Aljazeera
Inside Sri Lanka’s Unprecedented Mass Protests, Foreign Policy
The Limits of #MeToo in Sri Lanka, The Diplomat
Why are Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zone Unions Unable to Fight for Better Working Conditions?, Daily FT
Amid COVID-19, Should Apparel Industry Continue to Choose Competitive Prices over Ethical Production?, Daily FT
Can Conservation and Development Be Balanced in Sri Lanka?, Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka Limps on from bloody Easter Sunday, Eureka Street
More Myths about Migrants and Work, Eureka Street
Why Some Sri Lankans Welcomed the Social Media Bans after Bombings, The Washington Post
Accessing Health Care and Keeping Costs Down as an International Student in Australia, ABC
What I Would Have Done Differently to Help my Mental Health as an International Student, ABC
Ly Hoang Ly Is a Vietnamese Artist Reimagining Immigration, VICE
Meet the Pakistani Artist Placing Women In the Ancient Mughal Painting Tradition, VICE
The Casual Service Industry is Broken, Eureka Street
Finding Home between Melbourne and Sri Lanka, SBS
In Bali, a Woman’s Feet Were Cut Off: #MeToo time for Indonesia?, South China Morning Post
‘Chinese Whispers’ Unpacks the Lasting Impact of May ’98 Riots Through Women’s Eyes, VICE
This Artist Creates Fantasies to Challenge Women’s Reality, VICE
Music, Art and Mysticism: Lay the Mystic, Femme Art Review
POC reading groups as an act of resistance, Overland Literary Journal
Skin Contact: Respectability, Desire and the Repression of Sexuality, Archer
Wadjda: a Film about Female Triumph, SBS
The Exclusivity of International Women’s Day, Meanjin

This is a small selection of pieces. Email me for the full list of my output (reports, features and op-eds), copy (brands and SME companies), non-fiction pieces (memoir, experimental prose and poetry), audio production (live radio and podcasts) and video production.