When maritime trade was in the hands of South Indian and Lankan Muslims
By P. K. Balachandran
Muslims of Ceylon, and of the Coromandel Coast and Kerala in India were in the vanguard of…
In the shadow of Nollywood, filmmakers examine Boko Haram
By Adenike Olanrewaju
In the moving Nigerian drama ‘The Milkmaid’, Aisha and Zainab are Fulani sisters taken…
Bible fragments discovered near Dead Sea first such find in decades
By Sara Lemel and Sebastian Engel
TEL AVIV - Fragments of an ancient biblical scroll have been discovered in a…
Over 3 million people took this course on happiness; here’s what some learned
By Molly Oswaks
The Yale happiness class, formally known as Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, is one of the…
Italy marks 700 years since Dante’s death with hundreds of events
ROME - A global pandemic isn't keeping Italy from celebrating the 700th anniversary of national poet Dante…
The many cults and religions in pre-Buddhist Sri Lanka
By P.K. Balachandran
COLOMBO - Before Sri Lanka became predominantly Buddhist following the conversion of the 3rd…
Canadian same-sex wedding video sparks debate in Sri Lanka
EDMONTON - A Canadian couple's wedding video is going viral in Sri Lanka and sparking conversations about same-sex…
The Bengalis’ pioneering struggle for language rights
By P. K. Balachandran
COLOMBO - UNESCO has set February 21 as the International Mother Language Day to stress the…
French roosters now crow with the law behind them
By Aurelien Breeden
PARIS — The crow of a rooster and the ringing of a church bell at dawn. The rumble of a…
Larry King, breezy interviewer of the famous and infamous, dies at 87
By Robert D. Mcfadden
Larry King, who shot the breeze with presidents and psychics, movie stars and malefactors —…