Renaming the “Moghul Gardens” in New Delhi “Amirt Udyan” is tantamount to erasing the contribution of the Moghuls to the garden culture of India.
The iconic Moghul Gardens in the Indian Presidential palace (Rashtrapati Bhavan) in New Delhi, laid...
It is a truism that India could not have won the 1971 war to liberate East Pakistan and establish Bangladesh without the political and military support extended by the Soviet Union. The USSR was the only power in the...
By P.K.Balachandran
It is now generally acknowledged that while India has rushed to Sri Lanka’s help with funds and material aid as its people grapple with scarcities and skyrocketing prices, China had been an idle spectator of the island nation’s...
Colombo, August 15:
In 1991, the Indian economy was in dire straits, in some ways like what Sri Lanka has been going through in the past year. Unlike Sri Lanka, India did not default on external loans but was on...
Both the Sinhalese and the Tamils were into Buddhism in ancient times. But while the religion survived and went from strength to strength among the Sinhalese, it declined among the Tamils both in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu to...
In a March 28 tweet, Assange’s partner Stella Moris said that “after a hard night, Julian woke up this morning to a kind, personal message from Pope Francis @pontifex delivered to his cell door by the prison priest.”
“Our family...
Colombo, April 12: Muslims of Ceylon and peninsular India, who are ethnologically similar, were in the vanguard of maritime trade in South and South East Asia from the 3 rd., century BC till the emergence of the Portuguese and...
There is consistent, strong evidence to prove that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, behind the Covid-19 pandemic, is predominantly transmitted through the air, according to a new assessment published on Friday in The Lancet journal.
The analysis by six experts from the...
Earlier this month, the Palm Oil Industry Association (POIASL) of Sri Lanka had appealed to the government to allow the cultivation of oil palm to help stem the foreign exchange drain and mitigate food insecurity. Interestingly, the demand was...
There is no data on the extent of polygamy among Sri Lankan Muslims. Yet, polygamy is seen by the authorities and the majority Sinhala community as being a widely prevalent custom among Muslims, which is both a social evil...
Colombo, February 10:
The 5 th. Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is to be held at the end of March in Colombo. It is expected to be an in-person Summit...
The Meo Muslims of Haryana, who are now facing unprecedented hate speech and violence unleashed by Hindutwa outfits like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal, have had excellent relations with the Hindu majority right through history.
Till...
