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 #244 : What should the Online Safety Act do?
මාර්ගගත ආරක්ෂණ පනතට කලයුත්තේ කුමක්ද? | Sep 28, 2025
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MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Mr. Sampath Samarakoon, Convener, Social Media Publishing Collective
Mr. Darshitha Gamage, Director, Impact Voices
Mr. Lasantha de Silva, Secretary, Free Media movement
Ms. Sachini Ranasinghe, Attorney-at-Law
Kathika #243 : Ongoing UNHRC Proceedings on Sri Lanka in Geneva
ජිනීවාහි මොකද වෙන්නේ? (මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ ශ්රී ලංකාවට අදාළ යෝජනාව) | Sep 21 , 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Dr. Nimalka Fernando
PANEL:
Dr. Jehan Perera, Executive Director, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
Mr. Ruki Fernando, Advisor, INFORM Human rights Organization
Ms. Sandhya Ekneligoda
Kathika #242 : Holding Provincial Council Elections Without Further Delimitation
නැවත වාරයක් සීමා නිර්ණයනට මුවා නොවී පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු කිරීමේ ඇති අවශ්යතාවය | Sep 14 , 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. Shan Vijayalal De Silva, Member of Parliament (Former MP), SLPP
Mr. Rajith Keerthi Thennekoon, Governor (Former,) Provincial Council, Uva, Southern and Central
Mr. Manjula Gajanayake, National Coordinator, Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)
Kathika #241 : The Invisible Truth of Sri Lanka’s Prisons
ලංකාවේ බන්ධනාගාර තුළ මුල්බැසගෙන ඇති නොපෙනෙන සත්යය | Sep 07 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/4139611093033840
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Mola Senevirathne, Digital Creator
Mr. Senaka Perera, Attorney-at-Law
Mr. Dulan Dasanayake, Attorney-at-Law
Kathika #240 : Filing a Lawsuit Without Retaliation Claims
පළිගැනීම් චෝදනා එල්ල නොවන අයුරින් නඩු දමන්නේ කෙසේද? | Aug 31 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/819521630856978
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Mr. Shiral Lakthilaka, Attorney-at-Law, Independent
Mr. Delan de Silva, Attorney-at-Law
Kathika #239 : The Importance of Understanding the Chemmani Echo
චෙම්මනි දෝංකාරය නිවැරදිව තේරුම් ගැනීමේ ඇති වැදගත්කම | Aug 24 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/802847789078337
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Brito Fernando, Chairman, Families of the Disappeared
Dr. Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-Law, Democratic People’s Movement
Mr. Namal Rajapakshe, Attorney-at-Law
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
