The Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (VJHSS) is published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenepura. It is an interdisciplinary, open access, biannual journal which is exclusively devoted to the publication of high-quality research in the fields of humanities and social sciences. VJHSS publishes original research articles selected through a rigorous and comprehensive peer-review process and aims to facilitate local and international dissemination, collaboration and exchange of knowledge.