Is an unregistered private organisation acting as Sri Lanka’s de facto foreign ministry? Questions mount over Pathfinder Foundation’s legal status, funding, and influence. In the corridors of Colombo’s diplomatic elite, an audacious experiment is playing…
Sri Lanka is not a fully secular state. The Constitution of 1978 (as amended) contains a deliberate tension: Article 9 gives Buddhism the "foremost place" and imposes a duty on the state to "protect and…
Buddhism is not traditionally viewed as an institution because it lacks a centralized governing authority, dogma, or a supreme creator deity. Instead, it functions as a practical philosophy and a set of experiential guidelines. Practitioners…
The recent arrest of a high-ranking chief prelate for the alleged sexual abuse of a minor inside one of Sri Lanka’s most sacred shrines has sent shockwaves through the nation. Predictably, the crisis has reignited…