Numbers to the rescue

Tuesday 20 October '09

Popular perception of NREGA’s performance is as much a victim of unscrupulous sarpanchs, block and village officials and local...

War is ending, but...

Wednesday 14 January '09

...Sri Lanka’s real challenges lie ahead

No end in sight

Thursday 9 October '08

Sri Lanka’s civil war carries on - because neither side wants peace

Neighbourhood watch

Thursday 4 September '08

A transition to democracy from military rule is tougher than one from monarchical rule. Look at the cases of Pakistan and Nepal.

Who negotiates wins

Wednesday 30 July '08

A transition to democracy is never smooth, as Nepal is learning now.

Do sanctions really work?

Monday 7 July '08

Should the international community impose sanctions on Zimbabwe to punish its president, Robert Mugabe, for not...

Nargis in Yangon

Friday 9 May '08

Cyclone Nargis ripped through Myanmar, leaving 22,500 dead and a million homeless.

On the horizon in Nepal

Thursday 17 April '08

The election results for the new constituent assembly are the most optimal outcome Nepal could have hoped for in achieving democratic stability.

The curious case of Mma Ramotswe

Saturday 22 March '08

Our beloved Mma Precious Ramotswe will soon be on television in a BBC-HBO mini-series.

The Past is Another Mystery

Sunday 10 February '08

Armchair travel, with a historical mystery in hand

War is no longer a secret

Tuesday 8 January '08

The Sri Lankan government announced the formal end to the 2002 Norwegian-mediated ceasefire with the Tamil rebel group...

No country is an island

Thursday 25 October '07

This is the right time for India and the international community to think seriously about crafting a peace agreement in Sri Lanka.

Moderator, or apologist for the LTTE?

Saturday 16 December '06

Anton Stanislaus Balasingham, who died from a rare bile duct cancer on December 14 at the age of 68, was the chief ideologue of the LTTE rebels in their violent struggle against the Sri Lankan military for a Tamil state in northern Sri Lanka.

Isolating the moderate Tamil in Sri Lanka

Wednesday 18 October '06

The Sri Lankan Supreme Court’s opinion that the merger of the Tamil majority north and eastern provinces was invalid could not have come at a worse time for the fragile...

Riding the Sri Lanka tiger

Wednesday 28 June '06

There are several obstacles to a more direct Indian involvement in the Sri Lankan peace process

The King and us

Friday 21 April '06

In his greed Gyanendra failed to see that democracy offered him great leverage

The Tiger towards its territory

Monday 10 April '06

Peace talks for the LTTE are merely a series of tactical stops en route to a Tamil eelam

All eyes on the US Congress

Monday 13 March '06

The India-US nuclear agreement is not yet a done deal. US President George Bush has to convince the US Congress to amend an existing domestic law...