After years of refusing to become tied to the strings attached to IMF monies, Sri Lanka has agreed to a massive new loan. But will it be enough to lift the economy from its current morass?
The interaction of English and the languages of Southasia is often lamented for having led to a deterioration of the latter. But focusing on this alone misses out on what has been accomplished through this linguistic collision.
Five thousand years ago, nomadic people settled in the Indus basin and developed one of the earliest Bronze Age civilisations on Earth, centred on the cities of Harappa and Mohenjodaro.
In Toronto's east end, Scarborough, what some call the 'real capital of Eelam', a few expatriate Sri Lankan Tamils continue to attach LTTE flags to their
When the back-pull of bourgeois charm
Kept from your ears the soaring sound
of the people singing.
You are still prisoner under the claws
of a fierce eagle.
– Bangla Poet
Mid-summer afternoons in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, feel like someone has hosed the air with hot steam. Standing outside the roof of a British Army patrol vehicle
Region
Barbed-wire mentality
The lack of adequate travel links between (and often within) the countries of this region is no secret. But a combination of political apathy and tension between
A curious incident struck Nepali cinemas on 22 January. After barely a few days on screens, the government of Nepal pulled the Bollywood movie Chandni Chowk to China from theatres,
In Sri Lanka, the rule of law has been replaced by the law of the rulers.
The Uva Provincial Council election, held during the first week of August, marked the
