Inside Anthropic, two words have reportedly circulated in corridors and private chats: “crunch time” and “endgame”. The first refers to the year or two that some employees believe remain before it becomes
by Luxman Aravind The results of the presidential election have left Sri Lanka profoundly fractured, exposing perilous ethnic and political divisions that may manifest sooner than anticipated. Current data confirms Anura Kumara
More
Editorial SriLankan Airlines’ 45-year saga, spanning its inception under Air Lanka’s livery in 1979, paints a portrait of both resilience and ruin. Born amidst the heady euphoria of JR Jayewardene’s landslide victory,
More
by Our Political Affairs Correspondent The inability to effectively communicate has often been the Achilles’ heel of many a leader. The latest example in Sri Lanka’s political saga is Ranil Wickremesinghe, whose
More
by Mathalee Our politics is reminiscent of Slavoj Žižek’s parable of red ink. Žižek recounts an old joke from the German Democratic Republic: a worker is sent to Siberia and, knowing his
More
by Mathalee “He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.” – Lao Tzu It has been three years since Mangala’s passing, and still, the echoes of his life
More
The following article is based on ideas shared during the recent residential workshop jointly organized by the Sri Lanka College of Journalism, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and Civil Society organizations Marginalized
More
In a rare move, the Nepal government last week withheld permission for a visit to the country by CIA Director William J Burns, ostensibly on the grounds that the timing of the
More
Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems. Sun Tzu…The Art Of War If 2022 was the year in which we misbehaved, 2023 must surely be the year we dust the tomes of
More