Politics

A 2023 protest in support of Israel in Colombo. There are indications Israel might be trying to propel Sri Lanka down a path of majoritarianism, blood-and-faith nationalism, and Islamophobia.
Politics
The growing dangers of Sri Lanka’s Israel nexus
By
Tisaranee Gunasekara
Pro-Israel groups and Buddhist extremists are expanding Israeli influence in Sri Lanka, stoking anti-Muslim sentiment as the government maintains ambivalence around Palestine and the Gaza genocide
A vendor holds a colourful kite featuring a large image of the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, with the words "MISSION 2024" printed on either side of his portrait. The kite has a pink and magenta background, and is displayed in a vibrant kite shop filled with other brightly coloured kites.
Politics
Salil Tripathi’s portrait of Gujarati pride and contradictions
By
Hemang Ashwinkumar
On the precipice of generalisations, ‘The Gujaratis’ exposes a shameful underside of Gujarati pride, Gujarat’s conflicted cultural landscape, and the community’s broader moral and political failings
Protest movements in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, largely led by youth, have toppled three governments in three years. All three movements were similar in their negation of the status quo but also in their lack of a blueprint for the future.
Politics
The overlapping factors behind Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka’s uprisings
By
Anupam Debashis Roy
A youth bulge, economic failures, corruption and the perversion of democratic processes are shared causes behind the protest movements that have toppled governments in Southasia
An art performance of laying down handprints in red paint on a white sheet to remember Black January which remembers journalist killings in Sri Lanka.
Politics
Twenty years later, Tamil broadcaster Relangi Selvarajah’s killers still remain unknown
By
Ramkumar Ravichchandrasarma
Relangi Selvarajah’s killing in 2005 is a reminder of the risks faced by critics of Tamil militancy and the LTTE during Sri Lanka’s civil war – and of the persisting impunity around crimes against jou ...
A man hanging from an ornate gate with a pirate flag hung on it as a white neo-classical building burns in the background.
Politics
Nepal’s staggering journey from Gen Z protests to new government
By
Pranaya Rana
The full chronicle of the week that transformed Nepal, ripping down the old political order and delivering an interim government under Sushila Karki
Drone view of Nepal's parliament building on fire, with anti-corruption Gen Z protests on the streets before the complex.
Politics
Nepal’s horrific reckoning with its failed political class
By
Roman Gautam
After anti-corruption Gen Z protests and a deadly uprising forced the prime minister and government to resign, Nepal searches for a new politics that can jettison its failed establishment
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