South Asia

Asia’s ultra-right consensus: ‘Liberal politics, sold by western funded NGOs, isn’t the answer’

The march of the Ultra-Right in the Global South continues on, but unlike their Global North counterparts like Trump, Le Penn & Farage, as bleak as the future may...

Taleban: More ‘Islam’, more misery

​​​​​​​Its website tells you how the Taleban are Allah’s  own gift to Afghanistan. Independent reports of realities on the ground tell a very different story

Rebel and her cause

If women have been the worst hit by the Islam sought to be imposed on Afghanis, the most determined resistance to the fanatics has also come from an organisation of women — RAWA

Match for the mullahs

They may be small in number, as yet, but RAWA activists are not shy of challenging the fanatics out on the streets

Uncle Sam sins

How do you discover that your friend is, in fact, your enemy? Ask the CIA

And others pay for them 

The US can well–afford its  misadventures since  its always someone else who pays for them — Iraqi women, for example

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...

Muslims: The third factor in Lankan politics

  Historically, the communalisation of Muslims in Sri Lanka can...

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