Opinion

The challenge for the strong leader in Lanka

THE selection of former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the presidential candidate of the SLPP will impart enthusiasm in an electorate that has grown discontented at the absence of coherence

Kashmir and abrogation of Article 370

THE abrogation on August 5 of the fundamental provisions of Article 370 of the Indian constitution became one of the most important recent political events in the Indo-Pacific Region. It

The contours of the Kashmir move

India’s actions were enabled by the unilateralism in global politics and a decline in multilateral arrangements, writes Suhasini Haidar THE government has defended its twin decisions to revoke operative portions of

A reincarnation of Nathuram Godse?

NATHURAM Godse had emptied three bullets point-blank in the chest of Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as the Mahatma, the apostle of peace and the father of India, killing him almost

Venezuelans ready to defend Bolivarian revolution

PEOPLE in Venezuela shall defend the Bolivarian revolution. To defend the land, the people are prepared for a battle. This is the promise of the people in the land the

Distorting Shimla

INDIA’S blatant violations on August 5 of UN resolutions on Kashmir, its own constitution and multiple pledges to hold a plebiscite are perverse outcomes of a disrespect for the written

Political triplets of new democracy

The three leaders play stellar roles in an absurd political play with a gigantic setting in which things were never what they seemed, writes LK Sharma THREE important democracies have thrown

Commonsense gun control, the US army way

IN MY lifetime, incidents of gun violence in the US have progressed from rare anomalies to seemingly everyday occurrences. Over the past week, the attack on Sunday in Dayton, Ohio,