In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
Ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that the AIADMK, BJP, and other allied parties will contest the state polls together under the
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The portends for Bangladesh in 2025 are grim, while dangers of State failure appear unlikely for now, but the failing nature of the Interim Administration in multiple areas- relations with India, law
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Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance has gotten a good deal of well-deserved attention, and I would like to say up front that I am one hundred percent onboard with their argument
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The anti-quota protests of July–August 2024 were no mere grassroots movement. Rather, they served as a pretext, carefully engineered by Western powers—chiefly the United States—in collaboration with local political factions and Islamist
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Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party, likened herself to civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday as she rallied against a court ruling barring her from
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Recently appointed as Canada’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice by Prime Minister Mark Carney on March 14, 2025 (a position he is likely to keep after the upcoming federal election), Gary
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by A Special Political Commentator in Colombo Ah, the age-old spectacle returns—nay, gallops—onto the national stage with all the subtlety of an elephant in ballet slippers. Behold! The clowns have seized the
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on the editorial from the Sunday Times, Colombo. It offers a critical examination of the recent visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Sri
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by a Special Political Commentator in Colombo Ah, if George Orwell were to rise from the dead and see what’s happening in Sri Lanka today, he’d surely scratch his head in disbelief.
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These are not laws. They are not treaties. They are Memoranda of Understanding—unsigned by Parliament, concealed from the public, and disguised in diplomatic jargon. Yet, their impact threatens to shape Sri Lanka’s
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Reports circulating on social media claim that former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been admitted to a private hospital in Colombo. However, a spokesperson for the veteran politician has denied the
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by a Special Political Commentator in Colombo Oh, what a time to be alive when someone so profoundly disconnected from reality decides to take up the mantle of “economic expert” and bless
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The US is clearly massing military forces for what many experts believe will be a full-bore attack on Iran. The big question, is this a part of President Trump’s usual negotiating strategy
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Hungary has officially initiated the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), making it the only EU member and NATO country, besides the US and Turkey, to take such a
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by Nil Politics, like war, is not merely about winning battles but about surviving them. Fight by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes is a gripping post-mortem of an America in turmoil, a
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