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Sri Lanka on the brink

The following is a longer version of a piece I wrote for The New Statesman published on April 27.

Apr 28, 2022

Sri Lanka on the brink

Apr 28, 2022

Spoiler alert

In 2012, when the BBC’s Sherlock was all the rage and people were freaking out about the new season, a Sri Lankan Twitter mutual committed…

Jan 29, 2022

Spoiler alert

Jan 29, 2022

On superlat

Hyperbole is the internet’s default setting. Almost always, we react to new books, movies, music and TV shows in superlatives. Everything…

Oct 3, 2021

Oct 3, 2021

Sex is never just sex, is it?

It comes with expectations. Even the absence of expectations is an expectation.

Sep 25, 2021

Sex is never just sex, is it?

Sep 25, 2021

Better not kill the groove

I’ve been trying my hand at flash fiction. Rather clumsily, if I’m being honest. The following is part of a writing exercise that only said…

Sep 16, 2021

Better not kill the groove

Sep 16, 2021

Black Widow: what might’ve been

If there’s one thing Black Widow (2021) proved beyond a doubt, it’s that the fewer superpowers the protagonists in these movies have, the…

Aug 18, 2021

Black Widow: what might’ve been

Aug 18, 2021

Innocent hate

Some people like to defend homophobia in Sri Lanka as a kind of “benign” bigotry, claiming it largely comes from a place of “innocent”…

Aug 2, 2021

Aug 2, 2021

‘Paangshu’ — some very late thoughts

This is something I wrote as a college assignment some months ago. Reproduced here with permission from the lecturer.

Jun 6, 2021

‘Paangshu’ — some very late thoughts

Jun 6, 2021

Where did the weekend go?

Have you ever noticed how time seems to move faster the older you get?

Jan 30, 2021

Where did the weekend go?

Jan 30, 2021

Confessions of a hack

This screenshot was doing the rounds on Twitter the other day.

Dec 14, 2020

Confessions of a hack

Dec 14, 2020

Himal Kotelawala

Himal Kotelawala

Writer and journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Byline on The New York Times, Time Magazine and locally EconomyNext, The Daily FT, The Sunday Times and Roar.

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