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Income Inequality in India
Over the years, India has experienced severe income/wealth inequality. The finding on inequality remained consistent regardless of the approach used to measure it. In other words,…
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Lankan Bureaucracy Needs to Do More to Ensure Good Governance
In developing countries, there is a deep-set notion that political leadership is the key to good governance and economic progress. For example, in Sri Lanka now,…
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Indian Democracy is Marching Towards Authoritarianism, Under the Garb of Pluralism
The arrests of Teesta Setalvad and Mohammed Zubair mark a critical point. Almost every other day now, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs seems…
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Maoist Castaways
The party and its leadership have moved on to mundane pursuits like power and money The subject of this piece is somewhat dated, but since it…
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Spotlight on losses associated with so called development projects
Construction of the Hambantota Port began after obtaining a loan of 1320 million US$ from China Lotus Tower, the Conference Hall in Hambantota, Sooriyawewa Stadium and…
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The U.N. Knows Afghanistan Is Messed Up. But It’s Keeping Mum
An internal United Nations report details escalating Taliban violations of human rights—and little U.N. leverage. An internal United Nations report confirms the worst fears about Taliban…
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‘Intl. Community,’ Opposition and ‘The People’
Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the worst President we’ve had. He is the worst leader, counting all presidents, prime ministers, ministers, chairpersons of local government authorities and maranaadhara…
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Is Pakistan Ungovernable?
IS the country becoming ungovernable? Several factors seem to point in that direction. Governance problems have mounted in the first instance due to political discontinuities that…
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India is Becoming A Hindu-Fascist Enterprise
The practice of bulldozing Muslim homes and businesses for purely punitive reasons is proof that India is ‘transitioning pretty brazenly into a criminal Hindu fascist enterprise’,…
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Sri Lanka’s Development Dilemmas
On May 18, the grace period for a USD 78 million coupon payment expired in Sri Lanka. For the first time in its post-independence history, the…
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Without the Diplomatic Outrage, Would the BJP Have Taken Action Against Nupur Sharma?
The ‘fringe’ spokesperson merely followed the party’s playbook, and is now getting online and offline support. Nupur Sharma must wonder what exactly she has done wrong.…
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Insulting Prophet Mohammed is straight out of the BJP playbook
The anti-Islam insults by high ranking BJP staffers that caused a diplomatic storm are hardly anomalies. In the past few days, India’s governing Bharatiya Janta Party…