European countries are increasingly confronting the history and continuing consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, yet formal apologies and meaningful reparations remain rare as governments draw a legal line between acknowledging the
Six decades ago today (Nov. 22), President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The murder put an end to “Camelot” and the hope and energy that the young president and his
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All of humanity can now take the Grand Tour: a travel circuit of global sites that help us understand ourselves and our history, made increasingly clear thanks to recent advances in archaeology
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Link to Part 6 Reforms Whenever the class nature of the state is threatened, its first line of defense will be the police force. We have repeatedly witnessed this phenomenon in Sri
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by Santosh Mathew On 14 October 2023, the long awaited ferry service between India and Sri Lanka was green-flagged. It is after four decades that the regular ferry service is being restarted.
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Link to Part 5 Global experiences International experience shows that devolution of power to the periphery has successfully curtailed demands for secession in a number of countries. Yet, many chauvinist political parties,
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Link to Part 4 Police powers Under colonialism, Sri Lanka’s policing and judicial system was developed to safeguard colonial privileges and interests. Since independence, this skewed system has continued with minimal changes,
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Link to Part 3 Current Situation The full implementation of the 13th amendment continues to be a controversial issue. The amendment is subject to opposition from both the south and the northeast
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by Saurav Sarkar Israeli flags are flying over all government buildings in the United Kingdom currently, but this isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism. In 1917,
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by Yi Fan More than 600 years ago, a large fleet of hundreds of ships from China’s Ming Dynasty traversed the Indian Ocean. The man at the helm was Zheng He, Asia’s
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Link to Part 2 The 13th Amendment The accord with India signed in 1987 was followed up with the enacting of the 13th Amendment[i]. This established nine provincial councils within a unitary
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