MDMK leader Vaiko condemns defence cooperation MoU between India, Sri Lanka

MDMK general secretary Vaiko. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Sunday (April 6, 2025) condemned the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Sri Lanka for defence cooperation during Prime…

Gananath Obeyesekere, 95, Dies; Anthropologist Bridged East and West

Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropologist whose long career and wide-ranging social insights — which drew on Hindu texts, Freudian psychoanalysis and Christian mysticism, among many other ideas — made him a leading intellectual figure in both his native Sri Lanka and…

Resolving the vexatious fishing dispute

Boats anchored at the Rameswaram fishing jetty. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Last week, the Leader of the House in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Bimal Rathnayake, called upon the Indian and Tamil Nadu governments to take “decisive action” against “…

Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone?

Watch: Highs and lows in neighbourhood ties: Is Delhi softening tone? Is New Delhi making a subtle strategic outreach to its south Asian neighbourhood this season? Bhutan’s King, Sri Lanka and Maldives’ presidents, Nepal’s Foreign Minister received warm welcomes in…