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A scholar who studies the virtues that help people sustain relationships across faiths and cultures describes what being a child during the war taught him about practicing pluralism in action.
The Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran is the latest entry in an old and lethal tradition in international politics: the catastrophic gap between what leaders believe and what war delivers.
The Burmese meditation master Sayagyi U Ba Khin played a key role in shaping the meditation retreats that are popular today.
Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar show we must prepare for storms that are weak in wind but extreme in rain.
How Sri Lanka can move from reactive disaster management toward proactive climate resilience.
Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes the first former Sri Lankan head of state to be arrested in a country deeply damaged by corruption and lack of accountability.
China and the US are well aware of Sri Lanka’s potential.
Women in South Asia often work informally – meaning their economic contribution isn’t counted.
Population resettlement has become a part of South Asia’s post-colonialism playbook. The practice causes real harms to ethnic cohesion, solidarity and collective rights.
The controversy surrounding this memorial highlights the broader memory wars around the history of Sri Lanka’s civil war: how it is remembered and by whom.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s toughest task will be to challenge the terms of an IMF bailout deal.
Sri Lanka elects new president in watershed moment for the country.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake touted his victory as a ‘fresh start’ for the South Asian nation, two years after it came to the brink of economic collapse.
Owls, once seen as harbingers of death, are now celebrated in popular literature and culture in North America and Britain.
Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests when it comes to negotiating debt terms.
After months of indefinite postponement, presidential and parliamentary elections will finally be held over the next two years.
India is pursuing a policy of pleasing the ruling elites in its neighbourhood, which it hopes will serve its national aspirations to become a regional powerhouse like China.
From Myanmar to Pakistan, these countries have long-simmering conflicts or increasingly dissatisfied publics that could worsen in the new year.
Through the power of rituals, inanimate objects can be understood to transform into agents who can see, hear, taste and respond to the concerns of those who worship them.
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