A. G. Fraser (1886–1979) was a Scottish educationist, missionary, and the long-serving Principal of Trinity College, Kandy, in Sri Lanka. Renowned for promoting social service, self-governance, and multicultural education, he deeply influenced Ceylon’s educational and civic life. His leadership helped shape generations of Sri Lankan leaders and fostered unity across ethnic and religious divides.
In Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan, wearing a colourful headscarf has become an act of defiance. Under Taliban rule, women are not merely being denied education, employment and freedom of movement; even
An armed rubber duck has become the unlikely centre of Germany’s latest debate over military expansion, recruitment and the normalisation of military culture. The miniature toy, dressed in a Bundeswehr uniform and carrying an assault rifle, sold out within hours
Michel Foucault died in 1984, but his intellectual influence continues to shape debates about power, surveillance, identity and political resistance. Four decades after his
Russia’s war against Ukraine has always extended beyond the question of territorial control. For Vladimir Putin, the conflict is part of a much larger
Editor’s Note: The following article was originally printed in New Lanka magazine in the mid-1950s. Any attempt to write of the character of a people is bound to be inadequate. Mistakes are
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