Amita Arudpragasam
@aarudpra
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policy analyst • OSF fellow • founder https://t.co/iRPI0qbkyD • (postcolonial) lit @princeton • public policy (political & economic development) @kennedy_school
Sri Lanka
Joined January 2013
In #SriLanka a 26-year war was fought over land in the North & East, that some call the Tamil homeland. Today, the North & its mainly Tamil inhabitants face the brunt of a climate emergency, but few of us are aware & the North is definitely not prepared.
himalmag.com
Tamil nationalism faces a new challenge as the climate emergency spreads in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province and other Tamil-dominated areas, where the ravages of war and systemic discrimination have...
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A win for environmentalists, local communities & climate change activists. VNR is the third largest marine protected area in the country, a carbon sink and an important source of biodiversity! 💚🎉.
🚨 Landmark win for conservation!. The Govt has informed the Supreme Court it will revoke the controversial 2024 Gazette that altered the Wedithalathive Nature Reserve boundaries, following a case filed by WNPS. Protected status to be restored!
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RT @kumanan93: Chemmani Mass Grave ,One Legally Buried Skeleton Identified — But the Crime Scene Remains Undeniable. At the Chemmani mass g….
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RT @iromip: Looking forward to this conversation with @aarudpra @meghal92 & @UrbanPlannerNED! We have much to learn abt heat stress from ci….
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2024 was the warmest year on record. A recent report by the World Bank revealed that Sri Lanka is among a few South Asian countries identified with a temperature level that is considered too hot for...
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Happy to have been named an Open Society Fellow for 2025-2026 & to continue research and writing at the intersection of climate, environment & development in #SriLanka’s North.
Congratulations to the 2025 Open Society Fellows! . The fellows are a group of 31 public intellectuals from seven global cities who will help shape global conversations on the most pressing issues of our time: . Beirut 🇱🇧 .Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 .Colombo 🇱🇰 .Dar es Salaam 🇹🇿 .Jakarta
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RT @Article14live: In Thoothukudi, #TamilNadu—as at workplaces of millions nationwide—women work in 40-deg C temps, through menstruation, n….
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RT @ManthriLK_Watch: With regards to the #EasterSundayAttacks, you all are making the Rajapaksas the accused party. But for 76 years, since….
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“These excavations, along with several other mass graves in the Tamil areas of the North-East constitute clear evidence of war crimes and a genocidal campaign against the Tamil population in this country” #Chemmanimassgrave.
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RT @kumanan93: Chemmani Mass Grave Exhumation — Phase 2: Day 6. The sixth day of the second phase of the Chemmani mass grave exhumation con….
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RT @kumanan93: A formal complaint was lodged yesterday (26 May) with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka by Robin, the President of th….
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RT @nimilamalee: This is a SERIOUS issue, flagged by my @TimesOnlineLK colleague, @maligasj. The Right to Information Commission is struggl….
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RT @Himalistan: The Rajapaksas, led by Mahinda, laid waste to Sri Lanka with tyranny, corruption and Sinhala supremacism until an economic….
himalmag.com
MOST SRI LANKANS trust in the stars. Astrological pronouncements guide private lives and public affairs, from the naming of a new-born to the timing of an elect
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RT @dimuthudca: Thank you everyone for your generosity and support over the week for my fundraiser; We now have 30 incredible donors!. If y….
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100% of contributions go directly towards Dimuthu’s… Jeevan Ravindran needs your support for Help Dimuthu’s journey to Columbia Journalism School!
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RT @Himalistan: Women bear the brunt of extreme heat in Sri Lanka’s war-torn North. @aarudpra writes:
himalmag.com
This story was produced with support from Internews’ Earth Journalism Network. TEMPERATURES ARE RISING again. In the first-ever women-run cashew processin
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In a new #climatechange article for @Himalistan, I write about the impacts of extreme heat in the Northern Province & how women in the salt, dried-fish, cashew + seaweed industries are managing rising temperatures. How do we think about, study & adapt to extreme #heat?. Read👇🏽.
Women bear the brunt of extreme heat in Sri Lanka’s war-torn North. @aarudpra writes:
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RT @SankhithaG: @nimilamalee to say you deserve this would be an understatement!. We forget how much grit & courag….
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On Tuesday, April 1, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and First Lady Melania Trump will host the annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards ceremony at the Department of...
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RT @Thusi_Kumar: This from Dr Madura Rasaratnam, Executive Director of @PEARL_Action, was excellent. It sums up how many, including the Ta….
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RT @NewsWireLK: Two former Sri Lanka Army intelligence personnel have been arrested in connection to the alleged abduction and assault of S….
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RT @NewsWireLK: President AKD revealed plans to downsize the defence forces by reducing the Army to 100,000, the Navy to 40,000, and the Ai….
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RT @nimilamalee: Adani Green says its board discussed the fact that Sri Lanka was appointing another CANC and project committee to renegoti….
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Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from the proposed project to establish 484MW wind farms in Mannar and Pooneryn, Sri Lanka. ..
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