Kathika

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 #210 : How should Sri Lanka manage Global power pressures
ජාත්‍යන්තර බලවතුන්ගේ බලපෑම් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කළමනාකරණය කරගත යුත්තේ කෙසේද? | Jan 19 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/628376686316909
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harindra B Dasanayake
PANEL:
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Dr. Chulani Attanayake, Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
Dr. George Cooke, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)

Kathika #208 : Towards a Public Service that is not a Burden on the Country
රටට බරක් නොවන රාජ්‍ය සේවයක් උදෙසා ගත යුතු මග | Dec 05 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/569720319233262
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Mr. Austin Fernando, Secretary (Former), Office of the President
Ms. Swarna Sumanasekera, Ministry secretary (Former)
Mr. Rajith Keerthi Thennekoon, Governor (Former,) Provincial Council, Uva, Southern and Central

Kathika #207 : Committee System in a Parliament with a super majority
අධි බහුතර ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයක් ඇති පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක කමිටු ක්‍රමය සාර්ථක කරගැනීමේ අභියෝගය | Dec 15, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1343935166771582
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Withanage
PANEL:
Mr. Patali Champika Ranawaka, Former MP, SJB, Parliament of Sri Lanka
Mr. Ajith Mannapperuma, Former MP, SJB, Parliament of Sri Lanka
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka

Kathika #204 : President’s Policy Statement to the Parliament
ජනාධිපති විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සිදුකළ ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශය | Nov 24, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1142644687294029
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Ms. Kokila Mathan, Senior Lecturer, Jaffna University
Mr. Dhananath Fernando, Chief Operating Officer, Advocata Institute
Mr. Harsha Gunasena, Chartered Accountant