Kumarasinghe, Isuru, author.

Aragalaya : Inside the People's Struggle in Colombo.

[Place of publication not identified] : Goethe-Institut, 2022.
[Place of publication not identified] : Norient, 2022.

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"This episode explores the creation of art during the political struggle that has shaped Sri Lanka and its capital Colombo since the start of 2022. Sound artist Isuru Kumarasinghe and journalist Devana Senanayake share the perspective of artists and musicians who either lived permanently or temporarily around the Gota Go Gama camp, one of the central sites of the protest. The Aragalaya Struggle: A Very Brief Introduction Since the start of 2022, Sri Lanka has been experiencing an economic crisis sparked by a lack of fuel and gas, electricity cuts, skyrocketing prices of food staples, and shortages of medicine. As the conditions worsened, quiet candle-lit vigils rose up around the country and they soon exploded into a series of larger, roadside protests. In April 2022, a protest outside the president's house in Mirihana, one of Colombo's suburbs, led to the arrest of protestors, a declaration of a "state of emergency," and a social media ban. In response, protests proliferated throughout the country. Protestors had multiple demands but the main one asked for the resignation of the president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Chants that included the president's nickname, Gota, such as "Go Home Gota," could be heard at the protests. People set up a camp that included medical tents, ambulances, food, a library, and an art center - all for free - in Colombo's oceanside urban park, Galle Face Green. They named this site Gota Go Gama (Gota Go Village). During the protests, several other protest villages popped up in urban areas around the country. Despite an attack on May 9, 2022 by a pro-state mob, arrest of protestors, and consistent disinformation, protestors achieved many things - the resignation of several Rajapaksa family members from the Cabinet, the resignation of prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, and even the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 9. After an early morning attack by police and the army on July 21, protestors received an order to leave Gota Go Gama on August 12. All of them followed this order and vacated the premises."-- provided by distributor.

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