Amita Arudpragasam joins host Hamsini Hariharan to discuss the recent parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka and what it means for the island nation. Amita tweets at @aarudpra (https://twitter.com/aarudpra). For questions or comments, reach out to the host on twitter @HamsiniH (https://twitter.com/HamsiniH ) or on Instagram @statesofanarchy ( https://instagram.com/statesofanarchy )States of Anarchy is supported by The Takshashila Institution and the Independent Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF).READING LIST:Rajapaksa Rule- Amita Arudpragasam (https://bit.ly/3bgCEQT)Buddhism transformed, by Gananath Obeysekera and Richard Gombrich (https://amzn.to/3gIWKV2)Sri Lanka in the Modern Age, by Nira Wickramasinghe (https://amzn.to/2QD3hWD)Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy by Stanley Thambiah (https://amzn.to/3juv9Zv)Buddhism Betrayed? by Stanley Thambiah (https://amzn.to/31IUWHB)Leveling Crowds – EthnoNationalist Conflicts & Collective Violence in South Asia: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia by Stanley Thambiah (https://amzn.to/3lthHXP)Verité Research (https://www.veriteresearch.org)The Center for Policy Alternatives (https://www.cpalanka.org)International Center for Ethnic Studies (http://ices.lk)Colombo by Carl Muller (https://amzn.to/3bcg3Vw)The Jam Fruit Tree by Carl Muller (Burgher Trilogy #1) (https://amzn.to/3gGQWvf)Yakada Yaka by Carl Muller (Burgher Trilogy #2) (https://amzn.to/32JySf9)Once Upon A Tender Time by Carl Muller (Burgher Trilogy #3) (https://amzn.to/3lxz2ij)Silence of the Courts and August Sun by Prasanna Vithanage (https://bit.ly/3hVYefW)Ini Avan ( 2012) Me Mage Sandai by Asoka Handagama (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379480/)The Forsaken Land by Vimukthi Jayasundara (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413358/)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.