Padma Rao Sundarji
On your Marx, Sri Lanka
In picking a China-leaning Marxist-Leninist, who also visited India earlier this year, as its next prez, Lankans have thrown all pundit calculations into the sea. Expect extremely interesting times
Can Sri Lanka really afford a regime change?
The island nation votes today. Wickremesinghe stabilised the country after 2022’s turmoil. But Lankans almost always vote out incumbents. Doing so this time, though, is inviting trouble
The Russia and China questions in India-Germany ties
The American and German defence ministers were in India recently; the contrast between the two visits couldn’t have been starker
The leaders Sri Lanka is looking up to in its biggest crisis
With President Gotabaya Rajapaksa having fled the country and protesters storming the PM’s office, a look at the few politicians who may be willing to don the mantle of responsibility in the middle of the country’s worst economic, social and political crisis
- Padma Rao Sundarji
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Is Ranil the man who can save Sri Lanka?
The return of Ranil Wickremesinghe to the prime minister’s post for the sixth time has fanned anti-government protests in Sri Lanka, which is facing a serious economic crisis. Here’s a profile of the canny politician who may prove the right man at the right time due to his governance experience as well as international appeal
- Padma Rao Sundarji
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In Pakistan Aafia Siddiqui is a role model for people willing to take up jihad
She has been at the centre of many hostage situations, including the recent one at a Texas synagogue in the US. Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui explains why Aafia Siddiqui remains a jihadi icon