There is a better understanding of India’s strategic red lines in Sri Lanka today, Admiral Jayanath Colombage, former navy chief of the island nation, told SNI in an interview in New Delhi. He dismissed the view that his country was in a Chinese debt trap, saying it was Sri Lanka’s own doing.
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
