The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the regional state election in Saxony-Anhalt, stressing
“You are in the end – what you are.” ~ Goethe (Faust) 22 is not perfect. Far from it, perhaps light-years far. Yet, in a season of defeats and setbacks, it is
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“In a year of scarcity…Louis XV was hunting, as usual, in the forest of Sénart. He met a peasant carrying a bier and inquired… ‘For a man or a woman? A man.
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Was there then no essential difference between the ruler and the ruled?” ~ Salman Rushdie (The Enchantress of Florence) Sri Lanka, unravelled and unravelling, is mesmerised by a new wonder: the Lotus
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“What are we supposed to do when the system consistently yields terrible candidates?” Nanjala Nyabola (The Kenyan Kakistocracy – The Nation – 12.8.2022) Most politicians have a questionable relationship with reality. The
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To read the full series: [Part One] | [Part Two] | [Part Three] | [Part Four] | [Part Five] | [Part Six] “In any case the purpose is not really to indict
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