Kathikava is a series of webinars carried out by the National Movement for Social Justice every Sunday from 5-7 pm (IST). These have been conducted almost every Sunday since November 29, 2020 on contemporary topics with contributions from experts or stakeholders related to each topic. The topic, the list of panelists and a full video of each is made available here.
Kathika #238 : “The Future of National Youth Councils”
“යෞවන සමාජ” පරමාර්ථ, ඉලක්ක සහ තාරුණ්‍යයේ හෙට දවස | Aug 17 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1271542187783475
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Nirashan Withanage, Attorney at Law
Mr. Darshatha Gamage, Director, Impact Voices
Ms. Sara Arumugam, Advocate
Kathika #237 : Should Privileges of Former Presidents and MPs be Revoked ?
හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ සහ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ගේ වරප්‍රසාද අහිමි කල යුත්තේද? | Aug 10 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1261810835395666
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Dew Gunasekera, President, United People’s Freedom Alliance(UPFA)
Ms. V. Ananda Sangari, Leader, Tamil United Liberation Front
Mr. Upali Amarasiri, Former MP & Attorney at Law
Kathika #236 : Untangling Trump’s Tariff Knot
ට්‍රම්ප්ගේ තීරුබද්දේ ගැටය ලිහාගන්නේ කොහොමද ? | Aug 03 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/2177982749294221
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Ms. Subhashini Abeysinghe, Director, Research Verite Research
Mr. Mahendra Jayasekera, President, Y.M.B.A. Colombo
Kathika #235 : Proposed Educational Reforms Timely and Realistic?
යෝජිත අධ්‍යාපන විෂයමාලා ප්‍රතිසංස්කරයේ හරය කාලීන ද? යථාර්තවාදී ද? | Jul 27 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/4196134453964774
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harindra B Dasanayake
PANEL:
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
Prof. Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Professor, University of the Visual & Performing Arts
Ms. Yamuna Rathnayake, Retired Assistant Teacher
Kathika #234 : Magistrates should not be Rubber Stamps
මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරුන් රබර් සීල් විය යුතු නැත | Jul 20 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/24122491227379025
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. K.W. Janaranjana, Attorney-at-Law and Ediitor in Chief, Anidda News Paper
Mr. Maithri Gunaratne, Governor (Former), Provincial Council, Uva;
Mr. Namal Rajapakshe, Attorney-at-Law
Kathika #233 : How can a Provincial Council Election be Realistically held in the Near Future?
පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය ගැන ආණ්ඩුවේ ස්ථාවරය යථාර්ථයක් කරගැනීම සඳහා ගත යුතු පියවර | Jul 13 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/737392185549446
MODERATED BY : Mr. Shan Wijetunga
PANEL:
Mr. Mahinda Deshapriya, Former Chairman of Election Commission of Sri Lanka
Mr. M. M. Mohamed, Information Officer, Election Commission
Dr. Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-Law, Democratic People’s Movement
Kathika #232 : Proposed Electricity Act
යෝජිත විදුලිබල පනතේ ගුණාගුණ | Jul 06 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/2149640712114841
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Dr. Pradeep Perera, Energy Consultant
Mr. Ashoka Abeygunawardena, Electrical Engineer
Mr. Dhananath Fernando, Chief Operating Officer, Advocata Institute
Kathika #231 : Trump Tariffs and the Sri Lankan Economy
ඇමෙරිකානු බදු හමුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය – රැකියා සහ විකල්ප | Jun 29, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1782049279041468
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harindra B Dasanayake
PANEL:
Dr. Anura Ekanayake, Chairperson (Former), Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Anton Marcus, Joint Secretary, Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union
Dr Nimalka Fernando, Human Rights Lawyer
Kathika #230 : Readiness for a National Media Policy
ජාතික ජනමාධ්‍ය ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් සඳහා ඇති සූදානම | Jun 22, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/750928521213776
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Mr. Wijayananda Rupasinghe, Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya
Dr. U.A.T. Udayanganie, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
Mr. Nuwan Liyanage, Journalist
Kathika #229 : Present status of the Right to Information Commission
තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ කොමිසමේ අද තත්වය | Jun 15, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/721432054099407
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Nalaka Gunawardena, Media Analyst, Dreamer in chief, Alien Communications
Mr. K.W. Janaranjana, Attorney-at-Law and Ediitor in Chief, Anidda News Paper
Ms. Tharika Hewage, Attorney-at-Law
