Narendra Modi in a perspective
Most analysts especially imbued with liberal economics and anti-Chinese thinking predicts that India under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi within a span of few years India will…
The democratic moment today A call for action and reflection
We are witness today to events that are unprecedented in our postcolonial history. Hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets spontaneously in protest in an extraordinary demonstration…
Democracy Stillborn: Lanka’s Rejection of Equal Rights at Independence?
Audrey Rebera Memorial LectureOrganised by the Jaffna People’s Forum for Co-existence14th March 2022, St. John’s Parish Hall, Main Street, Jaffna An overview by Rajan Hoole of the forthcoming book Democracy…
THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Putin started by justifying his invasion on the grounds of defence of the right of the peoples of Donetsk and Lugansk to self-determination. This pretext was always utterly cynical. After…
Stop the War! Russia out of Ukraine! No to NATO! For a Global Anti-War Movement!
Russian troops have invaded Ukraine and are advancing towards its capital, Kyiv. Already almost 200 people including children and civilians are among the dead, and 1,115 injured. Russian president Putin…
Conversations with NM
At my age an uninterrupted sleep is a luxury. My prostate wakes me up two to three time. Hence, it is hard to distinguish dreams from imaginations. It was almost…
Honoring war criminal Blair with knighthood.
Columnist Yvonne Ridely described it as royal act of treachery In one of the most shameful developments the British Queen awarded former British Prime Minister Tony Blair knighthood, the oldest…
Lynching In Sialkot & Burning Alive In Sri Lanka – A Comparison
On Thursday 3 December 2021 Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, was brutally killed by workers of the factory and his body was set on fire in the Pakistani city of Sialkot,…
Forest conservation movement in India.
The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan, was a forest conservation movement in India. It began in 1973 in Uttarakhand, then a part of Uttar Pradesh (at the foothills of Himalayas)…
COVID-19 demands democracy and Fundamental Rights ensured
Much hyped stories about Free Trade Zone (FTZ) workers being inhumanly exploited by employers in Sri Lanka during this pandemic period, did make rounds here and travelled beyond our shores…