From Childhood Cutting to Marital Pain A Survivor’s Story of FGC Trauma
Her blood dripped on the bedroom floor. Not a few drops. Not the expected bleeding. It spread beneath her feet as she stood, shaking, staring at her husband who looked back with equal horror. This was her first time. This was supposed to be passionate. Love. Instead, it was the beginning of a nightmare that would destroy her sense of self, and nearly her sanity, all because someone had taken a blade to her genitals when she was too young to screa
Is Female Genital Cutting Patriarchy’s Worst-Kept Secret in Sri Lanka?
There are louder ways to be silenced, but my favorite is the quiet kind. A call you’re not copied in. A question disguised as concern. A reminder, subtle but firm: “The author is targeting one particular
Why Does Gaza’s Genocide Still Need Explaining?
For months, we’ve danced around the word. Politicians have carefully avoided it. Media outlets have sanitized it as ’’conflict’’ or ’’war.’’ Even genocide scholars, those whose life’s work is to identify and
Is Making History Optional the Problem or What’s Actually Taught?
Some of you may be wondering why this week’s column shifts from my ongoing series on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to something seemingly distant, Sri Lanka’s history curriculum
The Medical Lie of Female Genital Cutting
Writer’s Note: This article is the third in a multi-part exposé on FGM/C in Sri Lanka. I am currently in conversation with leading doctors, legal professionals, and survivors who will speak for
Exposing the False Islamic Defense of FGM in Sri Lanka
I was raised to believe Islam is a religion of mercy. A faith that shields women from harm, uplifts our dignity, and forbids cruelty. And yet, somewhere between those verses of mercy, some
Why Talking About FGM in Sri Lanka is So Hard
In Sri Lanka, we love the idea of peace. We’ve paid for it dearly, through war, displacement, distrust, and loss. Today, the language of reconciliation and unity is deeply stitched into our political fabric. But when peace becomes a reason to stay silent, especially about harm being done in the shadows, we have to ask: what kind of peace are we really preserving?
Here’s What You’re Not Being Told About the Fake IVIG Scandal
I know what hope looks like hanging from an IV drip. I’ve held my mother’s trembling hand during chemotherapy, watched a sister slip away despite every effort, and seen my aunt fight
How Can You Ignore Mass Graves Full of Tamils?
They say the dead don’t speak. But behind closed doors in Chemmani, they scream.In June 2025, 19 human skeletons were exhumed from the Sindhubathi Hindu cremation grounds in
Is Your Marriage a Death Trap?
Let me tell you about the most dangerous place for a woman in Sri Lanka today. It’s not a dark alley. It’s not a war zone.
Who Let the JAFFNA LIBRARY BURN?
Sri Lankans love a good spectacle. When a certain former president’s personal library; a cozy collection of some 2,500 books went up in flames during the 2022 Aragalaya protests, the Colombo elite clutched their pearls.
Behind Closed Doors Ragging or Sick Cult? The Horror You Can’t Ignore
Listen, I’m not here to sugarcoat anything. The stories coming out of Sri Lankan universities about ragging aren’t just disturbing, they’re a gut punch to everything we claim to stand for as a society.
Why Can’t We See Both Sides of the Story? There’s a quiet violence in silence
A brutality in pretending that these stories; Amshika’s, Charith’s, Dr. Shafie’s, are exceptions rather than symptoms. We like neat narratives. The hero, the villain, the tragic victim. But real life in Sri Lanka,
How Many More Chariths Before We End Ragging?
A name that has flooded newsfeeds, headlines, LinkedIn posts, and whispers across university halls. Another life lost a system that nurtures cruelty and calls it tradition.
Where Is Feminism When Tamil Women Are Silenced?
So, guess what? One article wasn’t enough to cover decades of silence. Shocking, right? But here we are again, peeling back the layers, because apparently, this is a series now, not a one-off. Also, isn’t it funny how some stories never make it to the headlines? Tamil women, for instance. Because, really, why would anyone care about the women who were systematically targeted and brutalized during the Sri Lankan Civil War? That’s so, what, 2009?
The Unspoken Grief of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Post-War Reality
If there is one story that has been buried under the weight of state propaganda, international politicking, and the sheer audacity of those in power, it is the relentless suffering of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka. While the elite sip macchiatos in rooftop cafés, the ghosts of Mullivaikkal swirl through their untouched air.
Behind Closed Doors
Sri Lanka. A country where a woman can be assaulted at her workplace, and yet, by the time the news reaches the masses, it somehow becomes her fault.
