Forced marriages are generally associated with South Asian and Middle Eastern societies and also among immigrants in Europe and North America from these countries. But there is empirical evidence of forced marriages and child marriages occurring among Whites too....
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) honcho and current Indian Home Minister
Amit Shah had once revealed to him that the BJP has a plan to form
governments in neighboring Nepal and Sri Lanka.
This may be laughed off in India as another of...
Colombo, April 6: The beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked the Public Emergency late on April 5, following the defection of 42 MPs from the ruling coalition which had reduced the government’s majority in parliament to two. The...
News 18, 22 November 2023
By going public about the number of Indian military personnel in his country and also disclosing that the two nations had signed more than 100 agreements under the previous government, the newly-minted Maldives President, Dr...
James Emerson Tennent was Colonial Secretary in Ceylon from 1846 to 1850 and Acting Governor in April-May 1847. Tennent was not just an administrator, a Colonial master lording over obsequious natives. His keen eye and ear caught the nuances...
Colombo, September 4: Sri Lanka is said to be burdened by an unsustainable debt to China. The Chinese are blamed for trapping Sri Lanka in debt which could lead to servitude. While this may not be an entirely accurate...
In studies and media coverage of the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns the world over, their economic impact has been the main theme. Important and critical as the economic impact is, especially when the lockdown is prolonged, there are other...
N Sathiya Moorthy 20 December 2023
Maybe, the need for secrecy may have tied the government's hand from sharing details in Parliament. Still, it should consider the need of sharing the utmost within any consultative committee, so that relative secrecy is...
Prince Charles has paid tribute to his “dear papa” as details of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral plans emerged, including Prince Philip’s special request that his coffin be borne on a Land Rover.
Speaking at Highgrove, the Prince of Wales...
Afghanistan is one country in the world which seems destined not to savor independence, peace and prosperity. Currently, it is sinking further into poverty as rich nations, which can lift it out of poverty and destitution, are haggling with...
Russia’s mercenary army, the Wagner Group, may have failed in its mission to overthrow President Vladimir Putin. But it is significant that it is back on the Ukrainian war front continuing its mission for Putin. Putin’s decision not to punish...
P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, January 23: Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was known until 1972) has had a special link with Bengal. Popular myth has it that the Sinhaleseare descendants of an expatriate Bengali Prince,Vijaya. That early link snapped. But it was...
