Tisaranee Gunasekara

Tisaranee Gunasekara is a political commentator based in Colombo.

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Ranil Wickremesinghe’s chances of winning Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential vote are slim. But the election is set to be the country’s most free, fair and non-violent one in living memory thanks in the main to constitutional and legal changes that Wickremesinghe effected.

How Ranil Wickremesinghe became Sri Lanka’s unlikely repairman

Tisaranee Gunasekara

13 Sep 2024

Indian fishermen are freed in northern Sri Lanka in 2014 after being caught in Sri Lankan waters. Fishing conflicts, and the fate of the isle of Katchatheevu, continue to roil the India-Sri Lanka relationship – and open a door to increased Chinese influence. Image: IMAGO/Xinhua

India’s friendly standing and moral status in Sri Lanka are at the mercy of Hindutva and hypernationalism

Tisaranee Gunasekara

01 May 2024

Sri Lanka’s Buddhist monks do not shy away from playing politics, and have a history of policing online content that they find offensive to their religious sensibilities. Photo: IMAGO / Pacific Press Agency

Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act brings it a step closer to Buddhist theocracy

Tisaranee Gunasekara

29 Feb 2024

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