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Ranil Wickremesinghe’s quest to bring ‘stability’ to Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s quest to bring ‘stability’ to Sri Lanka

Written by Isha Gupta

Sri Lanka’s new government should focus less on restoring its previous ‘stability’ and do everything in its power to build a new governance system to prevent future policy failures and reflect the protestors’ demands.

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Sri Lanka in crisis: Why the past lives on in its collective future
Sri Lanka in crisis: Why the past lives on in its collective future

Written by Ambika Satkunanathan

The determination of the Rajapaksas to stay in power seems partly due to their inability to comprehend protestors’ demands for accountability or to internalise their descent from god-like status to memes and jokes.

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