By P. K. Balachandran New Delhi is alive to the possibility of anti-Indian elements co-opting China to destabilize Indo-Lankan relationsTwo articles published by the influential New Delhi-based think-tank, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on August 29 and September 8, give an idea of how the Indian Establishment is viewing developments in Sri Lanka from the point of […]
In October 1981, the Queen and Prince Philip visited Sri Lanka. President J.R. Jayewardene had wanted me (Advisor and retired Archaeological Commissioner) and W.S. Karunaratne (Acting Archaeological Commissioner), to serve as guides to the royal party round the ancient monasteries of Anuradhapura. Their sojourn commenced one morning dark with clouds, at the vihara of the […]
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S.C.Jamir Former CM&Governor “No one can stop an idea whose time has come” so had proudly proclaimed Voltaire years ago. A new idea, when floated by an individual or a handful few, is scorned in the beginning; but when the ‘Time’ really comes, none can stop it. We are at such a crossroads as a human race. At present Nagaland is a classic case yearning for a new idea to resolve the seven-decade old Naga problem. Leaders cutting across party lines have been fighting for a final political settlement since long, but it has eluded Nagaland. Some reasons are known to us; some of these are also factors created by the Government of India and of course a few by we – the Naga people. Let me take the debate a step further and say that ‘we, the Nagas of Nagaland’ are also responsible. For me, it seems as if we have been through ages. But then, what is this new idea all about that was doing the rounds in the Naga politi