Nimendra Mawalagedara
@nmawalagedara.bsky.social
Political Science PhD | Visiting Lecturer, Sri Lanka | State Formation and Nationalism | Precolonial Politics in the Kandyan Kingdom, Sri Lanka | She/Her
When silence feels safer than speaking up, the problem is not individual weakness but the environment that we have created. In our Daily FT op-ed on Daniel Naroditsky, we ask why standing up to bullying is so costly and what it will take to change that. www.ft.lk/columns/Sile...
Silence, support, and the cost of speaking up | Daily FT
The discussions following the sudden death of chess grandmaster and international chess commentator Daniel Naroditsky have initiated a dialogue on online conduct, cyberbullying, responsibility, and th...
www.ft.lk
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
When silence feels safer than speaking up, the problem is not individual weakness but the environment that we have created. In our Daily FT op-ed on Daniel Naroditsky, we ask why standing up to bullying is so costly and what it will take to change that. www.ft.lk/columns/Sile...
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This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...
September 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s arrest has revived questions about presidential immunity. In my Daily FT op-ed, I compare the U.S. & Sri Lanka to examine how democracies distinguish between a president’s official acts & private conduct in order to safeguard executive accountability.
www.ft.lk/opinion/Pres...
www.ft.lk/opinion/Pres...
Presidential immunity on trial: Boundaries of accountability from Washington to Colombo | Daily FT
The arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe illustrates the structural tension in Sri Lanka’s constitutional design. In September 2023, while serving as president, Wickremesinghe traveled to ....
www.ft.lk
September 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s arrest has revived questions about presidential immunity. In my Daily FT op-ed, I compare the U.S. & Sri Lanka to examine how democracies distinguish between a president’s official acts & private conduct in order to safeguard executive accountability.
www.ft.lk/opinion/Pres...
www.ft.lk/opinion/Pres...
Former President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested over alleged misuse of state funds—linked to attending a U of Wolverhampton ceremony where his wife received an honorary professorship while returning from the G77 summit. This marks the first arrest of a head of state since 1815.
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August 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Former President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested over alleged misuse of state funds—linked to attending a U of Wolverhampton ceremony where his wife received an honorary professorship while returning from the G77 summit. This marks the first arrest of a head of state since 1815.
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This is Senkadagala.
For over 300 years it stood as the capital of the Kandyan Kingdom.
The Kingdom defeated Portuguese, Dutch, and British forces and remained sovereign until 1815.
The native research efforts to reclaim its history from Eurocentric distortions continue.
#History #SriLanka
For over 300 years it stood as the capital of the Kandyan Kingdom.
The Kingdom defeated Portuguese, Dutch, and British forces and remained sovereign until 1815.
The native research efforts to reclaim its history from Eurocentric distortions continue.
#History #SriLanka
August 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The U.S. tariffs on Sri Lanka aren't just economic - they're symbolic and political. My piece in Factum explores the far-right politics behind them, and how Sri Lanka can recalibrate its foreign policy in response.
factum.lk/peace-and-co...
factum.lk/peace-and-co...
Factum Perspective: Facing the Far Right – Rethinking Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy
By Nimendra Mawalagedara
The recently imposed US tariffs on Sri Lanka are not merely an economic challenge - they are a signal of a transformation in the contemporary global political landscape.
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factum.lk
April 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The U.S. tariffs on Sri Lanka aren't just economic - they're symbolic and political. My piece in Factum explores the far-right politics behind them, and how Sri Lanka can recalibrate its foreign policy in response.
factum.lk/peace-and-co...
factum.lk/peace-and-co...