It is not Russia but Ukraine which is in dire straits despite massive US arms aid
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 9:
Of the two countries that are at each other’s throats now - Russia and Ukraine - it is Ukraine which...
By Shikha Pandey/Beijing Language and Culture University
Beijing, February 24 -In this increasingly integrated world, there is a need to know other cultures to have better a understanding of the “other”.
The influence of the Chinese (Mandarin) language has grown significantly...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, May 25:
Recent events make one wonder if the US will be able to maintain its dogged support for Israel’s hard line on Palestine and Gaza.
A number of smaller but important European countries have openly said that...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 30:
Sri Lankan Malays, who are Muslims, had, for at least two centuries, drawn inspiration from the Hindu epic Ramayana to overcome the traumas of exile to Ceylon from their native Java in the Indonesia archipelago.
The...
It’s election year worldwide in 2024. Sixty four countries and 4.2 billion people, roughly half the world’s population of over eight billion, are going to the polls. While all eyes are on President Biden’s battle royal with former president...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 28:
Even as middle class India was seething with anger over the brutal rape and murder of a female doctor in a Kolkata hospital, news of the widespread prevalence of sexual exploitation in the Kerala film...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 13
The March 11 notification on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 (CAA) has already triggered an agitation in Assam, shaking the foundation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government there.
And if the CAA...
INTRODUCTION
Over time, the illicit drug trade has evolved into one of the most lucrative global industries, its tendrils now extending across multiple regions and presenting a profound challenge to global peace and stability. Drug trafficking is a transnational illegal...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, May 30:
The renowned Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore had warned that nationalisms based on power and pride and devoid of higher values like social harmony, will destroy societies instead of building them.
Tagore expressed his thoughts on "nationalism"...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 7:
Global revenue from arms sales had plunged in 2022 due to the failure of the US arms industry to meet orders, says the international arms monitor Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in its latest report.
In...
Dependence on India and China will increase as opposition BNP is backed by the US
ByP.K.Balachandran _ Colombo,
January 6, 2024
Thanks to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s boycott of the January 7 parliamentary elections, Awami League’s Sheikh Hasina will get...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 29: On Wednesday, the Interim government of Bangladesh lifted the ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami on the plea that there was no specific evidence of its having been involved in any violence during the recent disturbances which...
