Nuha Faiz
Column: Behind Closed Doors ‘Nuha’ is what you may term when a media communications degree meets a chronic overthinker with a flair for the dramatic, and a long-standing affair with marketing psychology. She started writing to make sense of the madness and now, she thrives in it. In her weekly column, she unpacks society’s contradictions with unfiltered honesty, biting humour, and the kind of observations that make you laugh and rethink your life choices. Basically, if it’s weird, messy, or wildly misunderstood...she’s already writing about it.
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.
