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 #148 : Challenges to Reconciliation in Sri Lanka and Civil Society’s role
සංහිඳියාවට එරෙහිව මතුවන අභියෝග හමුවේ සමාජයේ වගකීම | Oct 08, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/341787368304000
MODERATED BY : Mr. Jayalath Bandara
PANEL:
Mr. S. C. C. Ilangovan
Mr. Nizam Kariyappar President’s Counsel Supreme Court of sri Lanka
Dr. Sujatha Gamage,Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka

Kathika #144 : Kurundi Archaeological Site : the Past and the Present
කුරුන්දි පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමියේ ඉතිහාසය සහ වර්තමානය | Sep 03, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/747920900475385
OPEN DISCUSSION MODERATED BY : Mr. Sunil Jayasekara
PANEL:
Prof. Jagath Weerasinghe, Director, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya

Kathika #143 : Role of Civil Society, or Political but Non-participants in politics, in Sri Lanka
මැතිවරණ නොවන දේශපාලනය කරන අයට මේ වෙලාවේ කරන්නට ඇති දේ (සිවිල් සමාජයේ භූමිකාව) | Aug 27, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/6410588272355388
MODERATED BY : Mr. Dulan Dasanayake
PANEL:
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia
Dr. Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-Law, Democratic People’s Movement
Mr. C. J. Amarathunga, Provincial news editor



Kathika #142 : Two Centuries of Sacrifice by the Tamil Community to Kandurata and their Tomorrow day
කඳුරට දෙමළ ප්‍රජාව සියවස් දෙකක කැපකිරීම සහ ඔවු⁣න්ගේ හෙට දවස | Aug 20, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/623396659905502
MODERATED BY : Mr. Jayalath Bandara
PANEL:
Ms. Sara Arumugam, Advocate
Mr. Periyasamy Muthulingam, Executive Director, Institute of Social Development
Mr. Pathmanathan Devakumar, Union Leader
Mr. Ganeshalingham Ganesh, Social Activist

Kathika #139 : Improving Transport of Goods, People and Energy between Sri Lanka and India Is the Solution an International Bridge?
ලංකාව සහ ඉන්දියාව අතර භාණ්ඩ, මගී සහ බලශක්ති ප්‍රවාහනය සඳහා විසඳුම ජාත්‍යන්තර පාලමක්ද? | July 30, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1315135016066149
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Mr. Sumith Nakandala, Ambassador (Former), Foreign Service
Mr. Deepal Nelson, Senior Deputy President, National Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Dhananath Fernando, Chief Operating Officer, Advocate Institute