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A performance at Korukkupet on February 2.

Art on the street

The Chennai Kalai Theru Vizha, held recently, sought to take the art forms of north Chennai to other parts of the city in an attempt to democratise th

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Awamil League supporters taking out a procession in Dhaka ahead of the election.

Free and fair?

Critics believe that the ruling alliance swept the December 30 elections in Bangladesh by using the government machinery to its advantage.

R.K. Radhakrishnan recently in Dhaka

Mahinda Rajapaksa greets religious leaders as he arrives to sign his resignation paper as Prime Minister, in Colombo on December 15.

Polarising tactics

Within days of stepping down as Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who resorted to divisive rhetoric in the meantime, is made the Leader of the Opposi

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A fight where the enemy is not even a shadow

Everywhere you look in Bangladesh, it appears as if there is only one party contesting the December 30 national election—the ruling Awami League (A.L.

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Supreme Court steps in to save democracy in Sri Lanka

Unyielding Members of Parliament and a Supreme Court that worked to uphold the supremacy of the Constitution have managed to navigate Sri Lanka from t

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Ibrahim Mohamed Solih speaks after being sworn in as President, in Male on November 17.

Shaky start

The new government headed by President Solih has the unenviable task of handling coalition partners and delivering development as promised, even as it

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‘We have the best team in an emerging democracy’

Interview with Ahmed Naseem, former Foreign Minister and currently Minister in the President’s Office.

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Mohammed Waheed Hassan.

‘We need to put aside past hurts’

Interview with Mohammed Waheed Hassan, former President of the Maldives.

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Chandrika Kumaratunga, former Sri Lankan President; Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, former President of the Maldives; Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister; and Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Maldives, during the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, in Male on November 17.

Chandrika Kumaratunga role in Maldivian opposition unity

Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was one of the main architects of the opposition alliance in the Maldives that trounced

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Students attending the free NEET coaching classes at a government school in Coimbatore on September 15.

New initiative

Tamil Nadu’s School Education Department rolls out a series of measures aimed at preparing the State’s students for the medical entrance test.

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Sri Lanka’s lawmakers scuffle in Parliament on November 15, a video-grab.

Democracy in peril

As Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brazen attempt to usurp power backfires, Sri Lanka is seeing a renewed discussion on democracy at various levels of polity and

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Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who was sworn in as President on November 17, on the campaign trail in September.

A new beginning

The Maldives gets a new President from the coalition of parties that defeated Abdulla Yameen in the September presidential election, but the real test

R.K. Radhakrishnan in Male