Mattu pongal (Tamil New Year Festival) in Deraniyagala, Sri Lanka. This year, those who prepared the meal told that there were fewer vegetables than they’d usually serve, because of the skyrocketing prices. Image via Instagram by Amalini, used with permission. This post was first published by Sri Lankan academician Professor Wasantha Athukorala in Groundviews, an award-winning citizen media website. An edited version is published here as part of a content-sharing agreement with Global Voices. Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence with a rapidly declining econom…