New Delhi, May 1 -- In March 2022, Sri Lanka witnessed a significant event in its history with the commencement of the 'Aragalaya' (struggle) protests. These demonstrations were a result of a grassroots movement that emerged without any discernible leadership. Interestingly, the entire organization and support for the movement came entirely from the participants themselves.

First, the Sri Lankan demonstrators resisted the expansion of Rajapakse's nepotistic regime. Second, there was a presence of nested sovereignty throughout the protests in 2022. Two arguments from Nasser Abufarha's book 'The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance (2009) and Audra Simpson's book Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Bor...