Political crisis

Why Is Sri Lanka Burning?

Andrew Fidel Fernando

Its power elite grew so distant from the common man that more waves of protests alone can break the great wall of indifference

Imran Khan: The Reckoning

MJ Akbar

Imran Khan had one ingrained virtue. He was breathtakingly sincere. But good intentions do not constitute good governance. Like an amateur, he overestimated his abilities when he needed wile or guile as strategy. On his day of judgment, Imran compared his predicament to that of Imam Hussain. The messiah may be faltering, but the messiah complex is alive and well