By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 29 – India’s higher judiciary has been in turmoil for some time now. In January 2018, four top Supreme Court judges held a press conference in New Delhi to say that there was an urgent need...
KThe apparent lurch towards China is only meant to put psychological pressure on Washington to respect India’s geopolitical sensitivities and domestic compulsions.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 28 – Presently, India-US relations do appear to be in tatters due to President Donald...
By P.K.Balachandran
In medieval Sri Lanka, adherence to Buddhist principles was essential to exercise sovereignty. Exercise of coercive power alone did not entitle a Sinhala-Buddhist King to claim sovereignty.
His claim had to be backed by adherence to certain Buddhistic principles, such...
Both see the geopolitical and economic usefulness of an organization that was wilfully abandoned by India in pursuit of its self-interest
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 26 – Pakistan and Bangladesh are now seriously seeking the revival of the South Asian Association...
Dr. S. Irudaya Rajan, Chair, International Institute of Migration and Development, suggests a combination of stringent border control and amnesty for immigrants based on both economic and humanitarian criteria as immigration is a natural phenomenon.
By P K Balachandran
Colombo August...
Previously, Blacks were segregated in ghettos, now Whites are segregating themselves from people of colour, immigrants and the poor
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 21 – Historically, in the American housing system, Blacks were segregated from the Whites and put in ghettos.But...
Announces establishment of a “high powered National Demographic Mission” to safeguard India’s demographic profile.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 16 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the issue of “illegal immigration” from Bangladesh to the national level and said it...
The problem persists because the Sri Lankan government appears committed to using Mannar by reconciling the need for power generation with peoples’ concerns.
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, August 15-Wind power projects in Mannar continue in cross hairs. At first, it was the...
By sanctioning BLA, the US strengthens its ties with Pakistan and browbeats recalcitrant India. It also enables Pakistan to rid Balochistan of the BLA which could disrupt the mining of rare earths by US companies.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 15 –...
Alaska and parts of California were under the Tsar, before California was vacated in 1841 and Alaska was purchased in 1867.
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, Augus 14 - The Trump-Putin summit at Alaska held on August 15, had brought into focus a...
It is not Brazil’s tariffs which irritate Trump. The US has a trade surplus with Brazil. The real issue is Brazilian President Lula’s “persecution” of his rival, the pro-US Jair Bolsonaro.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 12 - US President Donald Trump...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 10 - The global order is undergoing a profound transformation, with US President Donald Trump acting as a catalyst for change, dismantling long-standing alliances and forging new ones.
The post-2024 world is witnessing a realignment that challenges...
