Sharasekaram

LATEST ARTICLES ( 160 )

• Sandya Eknaligoda, Courage, and The Right to The Truth

  24th January 2010, journalist and cartoonist Pradeep Eknaligoda went missing. He was 50 years old, and is one of thousands of missing people in Sri Lanka. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2017 DIARIES

• The ‘Nudes’ Culture and Female Sexuality (The F Word: Let’s Talk Feminism and...

  

  (This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2017 DIARIES

• International Women’s Day 2017 and What We Tell Our Girls (The F Word: Let’s Tal...

  

  (This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2017 DIARIES

• It Is Very Real History: A Review of Suffragette

  

  This review of the 2015 movie Suffragette first appeared in The Weekend Express's in-paper magazine The ConnoisseurMy first memory of hearing the term... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2017 DIARIES

• The F Word: Let's Talk Feminism and Gender: The Working Women's Culture

  (This piece is the first for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2017 DIARIES

• On Losing My Way and The People

  It has been a long time since I have written just for myself. There was a time when I wrote far more often and with far more ease about how I was feeling. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 DIARIES

• #LettersToPatriarchy: A Valentines Day Reflection

  

  (Recently I attended the Regional Young Women’s Dialogue initiated by the Canadian Missions in South Asia, and in Delhi met the amazing young women of the... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 DIARIES

• Justifiable? The Protest Against Private Higher Educational Institutes in Sri...

  (Disclaimer: These are questions and thoughts that I jotted down after reading through and listening to numerous debates/discussions on the issue. I personally... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2016 DIARIES

• ‘Writing Sri Lanka from the Diaspora’: A Reflection

  

  (This post appeared originally on the blog of the website - Forum for Overseas Sri Lankas - fosl.lk)Of the contributions that Sri Lankan’s and those of Sri... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 DIARIES

• An Open Letter to Chris Gayle

  

  Dear Chris GayleI guess you’re kind of sick of seeing your name in the media as of late right? I’m sure you’re thinking that you made a harmless, even flatterin... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 DIARIES

• Women in Politics: Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers 2015

  Some facts I found interesting when I looked at the women who have been given Cabinet/State/Deputy Ministries. Certainly some patterns here for us to think abou... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 DIARIES

• Cinnamon Colomboscope 2015: Lunchtime Conversations with Gehan Gunatilleke

  

  The following is the second in a few interviews/feature pieces that I am writing in the lead up to Cinnamon Colomboscope 2015 scheduled to take place on the 22n... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 DIARIES

• Cinnamon Colomboscope 2015: The Creation of an Identity with Krishan Maheson

  

  (The following is the second in a few interviews/feature pieces that I am writing in the lead up to Cinnamon Colomboscope 2015 scheduled to take place on the... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 DIARIES

• Cinnamon Colomboscope 2015: Colombo with @Colombedouin

  

  (The following is one in a few interviews/feature pieces that I am writing in the lead up to Cinnamon Colomboscope 2015 scheduled to take place on the 22nd and... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 DIARIES

• 5 Lessons I Hope I Can Teach My Someday Child

  1. You are a diamond in the rough - don't you let anyone (even me) tell you otherwise. In the same breath don't you ever forget the 'in the rough' part. Dream... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 DIARIES

• My Country: For Sri Lanka

  (This was written as a Facebook status on the occasion of Sri Lanka's Independence Day 2015, a manifestation of something I had been doodling for a while and ha... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 DIARIES

• Happy 67th Independence Day Sri Lanka: An Ode

  Happy 67th Independence Day Sri Lanka!If someone were to ask me what is the most impassioned and complicated relationship I have in my life – the answer is the... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 DIARIES

• #ShapingConflict 'Why Young People Are Our Best Chance for Peace' (Feature on th...

  

  I have been very privileged since 2013 to be a a member of the Global Shapers Community - which is an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2015 DIARIES

• Sri Lanka Decides 2015: What is the Story?

  (This post is written as an attempt to explain to a non-Sri Lankan what the story surrounding the Sri Lankan 2015 Presidential Elections are all about, why the... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 DIARIES

• The Lessons of 2014 and the Dreams for 2015

  Keeping in with what I have been doing for a couple of years now, once again (after quite a hiatus) I return to the small space of the internet that harbors... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 DIARIES