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M.K. Bhadrakumar
India Should be Wary of US ‘Pro-Activism’ on Lanka Tamil Issue
18 Feb 2020
Delhi’s approach to harmonise with Indo-Pacific strategy to pressure China is fraught with medium-term risks in the Sri Lankan context, especailly at a time when Dravida politics is in a flux in…
Peoples Dispatch
Sri Lankan Government Admits 10,000 ‘Missing’ Tamils were Killed in Violence
25 Jan 2020
Thousands of Tamils who had been categorized as ‘disappeared’ have now been declared dead by the Sri Lankan authorities . This is the first such admission by the Sri Lankan government since the civil…
Partha S. Ghosh
CAB: A Serious Threat to Every Idea of South Asia
13 Dec 2019
Forcing India to be homogenous will fracture it—and all of South Asia.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
The Return of the ‘Strongman’ in Sri Lanka
18 Nov 2019
Gotabaya Rajapaksa thumping victory is an assertion of Sinhala nationalism – a reflection of a manifest polarisation of the Sri Lankan electorate on religious and ethnic lines.
PTI
Lanka Polls Today: Gunmen Open Fire on Bus Convoy Carrying Muslim Voters
16 Nov 2019
Despite tight security, gunmen attacked a convoy of 100 buses transporting minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka, hours before polling got under way, AFP reported.
Bhasha Singh
Turmoil in Sri Lanka Doesn’t Seem to Be Nearing Its End
02 Sep 2019
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, brother of former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been named as the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.
PTI
India Extends Ban on LTTE for 5 More Years
14 May 2019
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s continued violent and disruptive activities are prejudicial to the integrity and sovereignty of India, a Home Ministry notification said.
PTI
Curfew in Sri Lanka's Northwestern Province, One Killed in Communal Riots
14 May 2019
Majority Sinhalese mobs set fire to Muslim-owned shops and vehicles. Homes and mosques were also vandalised by large groups of people armed with sticks and weapons.
PTI
Social Media Blocked in Sri Lanka As Communal Tension Rises
13 May 2019
The majority Sinhalese nationalist groups have been active on Facebook, reviving calls for boycotts of Muslim-owned businesses and spreading hate.
Amrita Datta
Politics of Mourning: A Tale of Two Cities
24 Apr 2019
Interestingly, the logic that enables us to call certain people terrorists and certain others just radicals also insists that we extend our sympathy almost organically to disasters, damages and…