Examination

Elder care in Sri Lanka is changing. As the island’s population ages, youth migrate, and the cost of care rises, this Examination asks what elders want. And whether their wishes can keep pace with society’s rapid changes.

Presidents and prime ministers can make, or break, a nation. In this two-part series, we ask who led Sri Lanka best, and who led us worst.

Before Jerome Fernando became a controversial preacher, he was a disciplined cricketer and smooth-talking corporate executive. Today, operating a web of international companies, chairing several businesses, and drawing billions of rupees, he has come under fire — and scrutiny.

For Chamari, a lottery booth doubles as a changing room. Like her, thousands of women powering Colombo’s economy struggle for dignity in a city that forgets a basic need: toilets.

Marxists commanding a capitalist economy, sluggish growth supporting precocious human development, and rentiers relying on Gulf remittances. No, this isn’t Lanka. It’s Kerala, as sketched-out by Tirthankar Roy and K. Ravi Raman in their new economic history of Kerala.