’90 Days’ is a gripping story of the hunt for Rajiv Gandhi’s…
The killing of Rajiv Gandhi was the biggest blunder by Prabhakaran, a decision that cost him, for eternity, the…
Dissent art comes into its own
The profusion of protest art in the form of paintings, drawings, cartoons and memes are fearless and unrelenting,…
Sri Lanka wasn’t India’s backwater, just look at its violent, religious medieval…
In some ways, Sri Lanka’s history is a laboratory where we can observe trends — from medieval state formation to…
Radio Ceylon — the Sri Lankan channel India turned to when AIR banned film music…
By the time the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) took over following its establishment in 1972, Radio…
Hindi novel wins International Booker Prize for the first time
‘Tomb of Sand’, a novel about an 80-year-old Indian woman’s sudden decision to travel to Pakistan, was named…
In ‘Nasty, Brutish, and Short,’ kids say the most epistemological things
Is it moral to write publicly about your children? In this queasy-making age of “sharenting”, some social media…
A journey through ninety years into the new normal
By Sivanandini Duraiswamy
The year was 1930! The date was December 10, when Ceylon was under Colonial rule and the…
Brannavan Gnanalingam on… how the past can enlighten our future
Sri Lankan novelist, Anuk Arudpragasam's novel, A Passage North was recently shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The…
Stonehenge builders were fuelled by sweet treats, excavation suggests
LONDON - The builders of Stonehenge fuelled themselves with sweet treats containing foraged fruit and nuts,…
Plane truth or flight of fancy?
By D. P. Satish
BENGALURU - Sri Lanka wants to reclaim its ancient glory by conducting a detailed scientific…
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