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The writer is director of the Chennai chapter of the Observer Research Foundation, a leading Indian think tank. Email: sathiyam54@gmail.com.

With Sri Lanka facing the worst food and forex crises since Independence in 1948, Mr Shringlas separate meetings with finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, foreign minister G.L. Peiris and his counterpart, Adm. Jayanth Colombage (Retd), all on Monday, assumes immediate importance for the hosts in particular. (Twitter)

Shringla's visit to Jaffna is hugely symbolic

It is Mr Shringla's maiden visit to Sri Lanka after taking over as foreign secretary in January last year

3 Oct 2021 7:50 PM IST

Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla. (Twitter)

N Sathiya Moorthy | Conferring stability to India ties is a way out...

India has proved to Sri Lanka and all its other neighbours that it was more trustworthy than any extra-regional power

1 Oct 2021 4:37 PM IST

Gotabhaya Nandasena Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajas

In the new President, Gotabhaya Nandasena Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka and its international interlocutors have a mixture of...

24 Nov 2019 8:44 AM IST

Heaping praise on his friend Karunanidhi, Rajinikanth said while many thousands had entered politics due to him, many hundreds became leaders because of him. (Photo: ANI)

No vacuum in 'Dravidian' TN for Rajini to fill

The BJP once again lost even more badly than in 2014 even while putting up a bigger show at the national level than...

11 Nov 2019 12:43 AM IST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, flamke by supporters, addresses a press conference at his residence in Chennai on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Acid test for ruling party

The Vikravandi seat fell vacant following the death of the incumbent DMK legislator.

13 Oct 2019 3:35 AM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka's clash of civilisations

Wickremesinghe finds himself not only jobless but once again rootless, especially in terms of the earthiness of Sri...

11 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

The flood of eulogies and the outpouring of sadness that have followed Karunanidhis death is proof to his significance not only in Tamil Nadu but also in Indian politics. (Photo: File)

Post-Karunanidhi, it's business as usual in TN

Karunanidhi's bed-ridden condition meant he was party president only in name, though the voters and cadre still...

11 Aug 2018 2:54 AM IST

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, with other JD(S) and Congress leaders, waves to the media after his coalition government won the trust vote by voice vote at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Modi vs rest of India

In upcoming elections, the BJP and Congress may be pitted face to face in MP and Rajasthan

27 May 2018 2:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Rahul Gandhi: Reluctant suitor, but

Media analysis on the national electoral scene continues to be centred on a BJP-Congress spat, reduced to a Modi-Rahul...

10 Dec 2017 6:01 AM IST

Criticism of rewriting history has occurred more often when centre-right forces are in places of power and are able to influence history-writing.

Rewriting history is a distortion

History as a true narrative cannot be faulted. But history as an interpretative narrative can take angles, justified and...

13 Aug 2017 2:18 AM IST

Students of Government college for women extend support to PM Narendra Modis step against blackmoney by holding new currency and his masks in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Demonetisation: Politics beyond the economics

Anything up to 30-35 per cent of the nation's economy is said to be agriculture-driven.

20 Nov 2016 2:24 AM IST