The article challenges the growing reliance on disruptive street protests as a means of forcing political change, arguing that public grievances should be addressed through lawful debate, constitutional procedures and elections rather
The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value. This drive to ‘civilise’ public discourse has been especially aimed at illiberal democracies or post-socialist societies that are
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In my nearly 66 years of trekking and travelling in Nepal, from a Second Lieutenant to a General, in every rank, I have savoured Nepal at its best – from dawn to
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In January 2025, Indonesia – the world’s fourth-largest country by population (282 million) with the seventh-largest Gross Domestic Product by purchasing power parity – joined the BRICS+ bloc. Eleven countries are now in this
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Sri Lanka’s remittances from its overseas expatriate workers rose to a near-record high, increasing by 21.1 percent to $693.3 million in March 2025 compared to the same month last year, helped by
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We studied together at the Royal College. He was two batches senior to me, but we were in the same Royal College Cadet Platoon. He was our cadet Sergeant in 1978 Platoon.
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“When we contemplate the sufferings of Jesus, He grants us, according to the measure of our faith, the grace to practice the virtues He revealed during those sacred hours.” – St. Angela Merici.
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An April 10, 2025, report indicated that no suspect movement of any LWE (Left-Wing Extremist) cadres was noticed during a combing operation in the forest areas in Wayanad (Kerala). A three-day joint
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Late spring is full of vitality. As China and Vietnam celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, I will soon pay a state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Comrade To
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With the foreplay over and US-Iranian talks commencing in Muscat on Saturday, a constructive engagement has begun in right earnestness. The sure sign of it is that Iran’s currency rose nearly 6
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A version of this column originally appeared in The Daily Pioneer, New Delhi, on 12 April 2025 -Editors Less than twelve hours after proudly boasting at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
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Batalanda and the torture chamber run there in the wake of the JVP’s second adventure between 1987 and 1989 has received a great deal of publicity, particularly in the electronic media, in
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A CIA report later revealed that J.R. placed his hopes in America and his foreign allies to help him weather the storm of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. But as their silence grew
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Since US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February to impose a 10% tariff on all imports, the world has witnessed a confounding series of unilateral tariffs placed on both
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The rubric of the US-Iranian talks slated for Saturday in Muscat turned into a vanity fair of sorts — whether the talks should be called ‘indirect’ or ‘direct’. The US President Donald
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In the arena of political manipulation, no weapon is as quietly effective, nor as deceptively simple, as repetition. What begins as a whisper of deceit, when echoed persistently and with precision, soon
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