The article examines the controversy surrounding the planting of a purported Sri Maha Bodhi sapling at Vadunnagala, an ancient Buddhist archaeological site in northern Sri Lanka, by politician Sarath Weerasekara. It links
The Palk Strait has long been a source of tension between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, but the growing drug threat offers an opportunity to build practical cooperation. By sharing intelligence, strengthening
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As BRICS prepares to meet in New Delhi, it would do well to understand not only what the United States is doing, but why. The reported American move to gain majority control
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The debate over banning social media for minors is rapidly becoming one of the defining policy questions of the digital age. As countries around the world move toward restrictions, India is faced
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As India marks the eightieth anniversary of its independence this month, it is worth returning to the opening words of Jawaharlal Nehru’s historic “Tryst with Destiny” speech. Few passages in modern political
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The coming months could bring South Asia and the wider On a humid June evening in Washington, five elderly gentlemen stood quietly beyond the White House gates, watching crowds gather beneath floodlights
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The global order is entering a harder-edged phase of realism, in which power increasingly rests on the ability to compel rather than the authority to persuade. Across regions, calculations of immediate advantage
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India and Sri Lanka are separated by a narrow strait, but connected by a far deeper civilizational continuum that is still not fully appreciated on either side of the Palk Strait. While
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The recent occupation of a property in Malwana by a group of student activists does not bode well for Sri Lanka’s already fragile investment climate. Beyond the immediate question of law and
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Editor’s Note: This column, first published in The Indian Express, examines the growing friction in U.S.-India relations and warns against a pressure-driven approach that risks alienating a vital strategic partner. It highlights
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Sixteen years ago, Sri Lanka emerged from one of the bloodiest civil conflicts in modern Asia. The military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended a nearly three-decade war
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