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A deleted tweet, an NSA order, and the shadow of past crackdowns

The clarification may address the immediate controversy, but years of preventive action against movements have deepened distrust

Sri Lanka – Will Buddha’s Lions Make Peace with Tamil Tigers?

The countdown has begun. In less than 50 days,...

When Lankan nobility invited Nayakkars from south India to rule

Leslie Gunawardana, a leading historian, currently vice-chancellor University of...

Buddha’s Lions and Tamil Tigers

Just opposite the Bandarnaike Memorial Hall in Colombo stands...

Growth of Hindu and Muslim communalisms was a parallel process

Prof K. N. PanikkarProf K. N. Panikkar   Modern India For the British, as...

‘Hussein’s fingers will have to be cut off’

‘All of Muslim society will have to explain this...

‘SC should recall its order’

  'Communalism Combat' requested Mr. H.M. Seervai, distinguished jurist, author...

‘Where then, O Lord, shall we turn’

  Fali S. Nariman            ...

‘SC ruling is absolutely shocking’

“To all minorities in India, the Bombay High Court...

‘Thackeray openly flouted the law’

Soli SorabjeeIt is extremely unfortunate that the judiciary has...

‘Future of India at stake’

Nani PalkhiwalaI am deeply distressed that even the Court...

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