This book is a study of the immensely rich verbal arts of lullabies and dirges that encompasses the socio-linguistic, ethnographic, anthropological and sociological aspects of Sri Lanka’s folklore.

The book makes and attempt to capture both the structural and emotional disturbances that affect women and children during times of war. While undertaking a sociological inquiry into the lives of the women and children, inevitably it enters into a…

The book is divided in to four parts. The first part deals with the origin, history and application of Thesawalamai. The second part contains the Law of persons. The third part discusses the Law of property and fourth part treats…

The study examines the psychological impact of employment and living circumstances of the women workers in Rathmalana, Katunayake, Biyagama, Koggala and Pallekele. In relation to their employment, high work pressure exacerbated somatic and depressive symptom levels, with lack of autonomy…

The book describes the emergence and the institutionalization of political violence in Southern Sri Lanka, and the dynamics of the extensive waves of political violence in that region in the late 1980s. It deals with both the processes of violence…

This book is an attempt to retrieve the hidden agenda of the many women in history. It discusses women’s activism and political aims, dearth of women’s participation in mainstream Sri Lankan politics and documents their active involvement in alternative political…