Mahinda Rajapaksa

Keeping it in the Family

Madhavankutty Pillai

The Rajapaksas had turned the government into a fiefdom. Sri Lankans knew just whom to blame when disaster struck

The Fall of the Brothers Rajapaksa

Ullekh NP

Can the newly elected, mild-mannered Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe be a rainmaker?

Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Return of the Strongman

Sudeep Paul

Sri Lanka’s new President brings both challenge and opportunity for New Delhi

Advantage Gotabaya

Swapan Dasgupta

Gauging the popular mood in Sri Lanka

A Veteran’s Debut

Akshay Sawai

In Sri Lanka’s parliamentary polls, Sanath Jayasuriya is the star candidate of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party while his former captain Arjuna Ranatunga is batting for General Fonseka.

No Quarter Given

VK Shashikumar

This is how Mahinda Rajapaksa, president of the island nation, orchestrated the military and political operations that brought down the LTTE. Find out how he did what previous presidents could not