Sri Lanka
Campaign for Safe Abortion in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, abortion is only permitted in cases where pregnancy or childbirth is life-threatening for the woman. Nevertheless the number of reported daily abortions taking place in Sri Lanka is more than 750.
By Sarah Soysa
April 1, 2014
Coded/Un-Coded: Unpacking Erotic Tales from Ancient Lanka
As much as the dominant narrative sometimes wishes to tell us otherwise, erotica has been with us for a long time.
By Subha and Thilini
Same-sex love in the time of decolonisation: Historicising hidden sexual lives in Selvadurai’s Cinnamon Gardens
Cinnamon Gardens, looking back on the early twentieth century, reveals the trauma of queer lives, in a country where queerness, family and the state are still irreconcilable with each other.
By Kaustav Bakshi