On the morning of 30 July 1929, a man carrying a small axe entered the upper terrace of the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura and struck one of its principal branches several
Standing in the dust of Çatalhöyük—a 9,000-year-old Neolithic site known to archaeology since the 1960s, yet virtually non-existent in discussions about political science and law—a question haunted me: “How come no one told
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Shariati and Fanon The intellectual relationship between Shariati and Frantz Fanon is one of the most fertile and least studied of the twentieth century. Shariati did not merely admire Fanon; he
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In Ratnapura district, the Kalatuwawa Reservoir has revealed a long-lost village as water levels have dropped by 38.5 feet due to dry weather in March 2026. The reservoir, an artificial water body
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The following account draws from a series of letters exchanged between Rohana Wijeweera’s mother, his younger brother Ananda Wijeweera, and the lawyer Bala Thampo during the period of intense state repression that
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Today marks 55 years since the 1971 People’s Uprising. This year’s April Heroes’ Day falls at a time when the JVP government is engaged in a strenuous effort to fulfill the lofty
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The story begins with a promise of opportunity and ends in abandonment thousands of miles from home. In September 1969, a group of young Palestinian men from Gaza boarded a plane believing
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In a revelation that reads like a blend of science fiction and geopolitical ambition, declassified documents outline a bold and controversial plan to construct a sea-level canal across Israel’s Negev Desert using
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On a volcanic plateau in central Anatolia, Turkey, some 15,800 years ago, a female dog gave birth to a litter of puppies. The young pups did not survive long, possibly only a
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In a region defined by enduring conflict and rigid identities, few realize that Shi’ite Islam and Orthodox Judaism share striking ideological parallels. According to reporting by Haaretz, these parallels are not coincidental
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When we think of premodern governance, we often default to an image of concentrated authority: imposing rulers presiding over intricately layered hierarchies—pharaohs, emperors, and kings whose power seemed inseparable from the territorial
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For centuries, the Strait of Hormuz has been one of the world’s most strategic waterways, a narrow funnel through which a significant portion of global oil trade passes. Controlling it has long
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The hidden world of Cold War intelligence operations has long fascinated historians, but newly resurfaced and declassified documents are shedding fresh light on some of the most controversial experiments ever conducted by
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Last week, speaking at a House Republican retreat, President Trump declared with characteristic certainty: “The world respects us right now more than they have ever respected us before… the United States has
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If one were to visit Kensington Palace expecting the usual glittering display of royal jewelry, one exhibit in the new show The Last Princesses of Punjab challenges that assumption. Rather than simply
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by Durga Velayudham Adam Smith was not who the world thinks he was. The man whose name is synonymous with free-market capitalism — the “invisible hand” evangelist invoked by CEOs, politicians, and
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