hypocrisy

January 17, 2026

Politics/Sri Lanka

Poem: Obedience, Boys of the Lawless Crown

They starch their spines with borrowed daylight and call it dignity,tongues varnished, knees rehearsed for velvet floors.Gravitas for hire, they auction grief in clipped syllables,while famine learns their signatures by heart.The microphone

Switzerland’s Self-Righteous Stance on Sri Lanka: A Case of Blatant Hypocrisy

Editorial Switzerland’s recent call for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka is a glaring example of its hypocrisy. The Swiss ambassador to the UN, Jürg Lauber, has voiced alarm over Sri Lanka‘s new repressive laws and

September 11, 2024

American Armadas: A Comedy of Compliance

Columns/Diplomacy

Two mighty ships sailed into our waters recently, the USS O’Kane and the USS Spruance, and I must admit, Colombo’s waters have never been

Poem: Obedience, Boys of the Lawless Crown

January 17, 2026

Politics/Sri Lanka

They starch their spines with borrowed daylight and call it dignity,tongues varnished, knees rehearsed for velvet floors.Gravitas for hire, they auction grief in clipped syllables,while famine learns their signatures by heart.The microphone

Switzerland’s Self-Righteous Stance on Sri Lanka: A Case of Blatant Hypocrisy

September 11, 2024

Editorial Switzerland’s recent call for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka is a glaring example of its hypocrisy. The Swiss ambassador to the UN, Jürg Lauber, has voiced

American Armadas: A Comedy of Compliance

August 22, 2024

Columns/Diplomacy

Two mighty ships sailed into our waters recently, the USS O’Kane and the USS Spruance, and I must admit, Colombo’s waters have never been so well-tended. Not a ripple of protest. Not

Disaster Is a Possibility

In 13 days Americans will vote on the midterm Congressional

The World Order beyond Polarity

For three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union,

India’s Medical Procurement Scams: Who Pays the Price?

Alleged irregularities in medical procurement in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Uttar

The Mystery Behind Pakistan’s Missing Persons

Pakistan’s missing-persons controversy centres on a fundamental question: how can

Modi’s Power, India’s Democratic Test

Narendra Modi’s political dominance faces growing pressures from economic frustration,

China’s “New Long March”

Drawing a parallel to the historic Red Army retreat of

Progress achieved, promise unfulfilled

Countries across Asia and the Pacific have made remarkable strides

The French Protests Are Being Misunderstood

The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not

Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Merkel’s Humanitarian Gamble

The then German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the floodgates to

India: LoC Infiltration Attempts Persist

Indian security forces have foiled at least ten infiltration attempts

Baloch Insurgency Intensifies as BRG Escalates Attacks

The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) have sharply escalated their operations

Is Gen Z a Cover For Anarchists?

The article questions whether protests conducted under the banner of

Kabul’s Denials, Pakistan’s Demands

Repeated negotiations have failed to bridge the divide between Pakistan’s

India’s Global Power, Its Accountability Problem

India’s growing global influence faces a difficult test as international

Is Bangladesh Shaping the Region—or Being Shaped?

As South Asian diplomacy evolves, Bangladesh faces a fundamental question: