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 […]