Episode 116: History, Unwoven: The Complex Threads of a Sri Lankan Uprising

Content note for mention of violence and genocide.

We turn towards Sri Lanka, and the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis unfolding right now. In a piece produced by Shareeka Helaluddin, she speaks to people on the ground in Sri Lanka and its diaspora to unravel the very complex and oft-unknown histories that led to the critical point, the shadow of colonialism that still impacts, what the diaspora should be mindful of and what a meaningful, people-centred accountable future of Sri Lanka could look like. 

You'll hear from journalist and researcher Shiran Illanperuma, Tamil refugee activist Renuga Inpakumar, and Queer Tamil mutual aid organiser and law student Niroshnee Rajan

You'll also hear a poem ready by Tamil artist  Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran meditating on grief, displacement of Tamil peoples, data, and surveillance in colonial borders.

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