At Theoretical Crossroads; Anarchy and the Sri Lankan Crisis
(Image Source: Reuters) The nation of Sri Lanka remains embroiled in crisis. The economic mismanagement propagated by the current government's policies, has led to a depletion of foreign exchange and high inflation, prompting shortage of essential imports and necessities, power cuts, and massive displeasure across the country. Its predecessor, the Sri Lankan Civil War, in a way has always stayed at the back of my mind; vividly at times and muted at others. This probably had much to do with my environment, punctuated with political parties of Dravidian legacy, and my family’s own relationship with the language Tamil, whose cultural capital was deeply intertwined with the ethnic conflict. As I grew older, I could see the downfalls of subscribing to clear cut binaries in an anarchic state of war and the appeal of nuance. This was particularly prominent in the case of the civil war- cultural genocide and systemic oppression on one hand, and some questionable unhumanitarian choices...