This column focuses on the Hindu approach to human rights, drawing primarily from scriptures, with the following themes: ...

The Lanka Sama Samaja Party boldly nominated L C De Silva ... Let the Sinhala saying ‘nokerena veda kamata konduru thel hath pattayakuth thava tikakuth onalu’ not apply to this exercise (‘for the ...

People of the Dong ethnic group celebrate Sama Festival in Sanbaodong village, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, on March 15. [Photo/Xinhua] Sanbaodong village in ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was ...

Brij Maharaj is a geography professor at UKZN. He writes in his personal capacity. While human rights are perceived as a Western concept, emerging strongly in 1948, it has been an important part ...

The Lanka Sama Samaja Party boldly nominated L.C. de Silva, from a different caste, to contest Lakshman de Silva, a long-standing MP who crossed over to bring down the SLFP-LSSP coalition. Balapitiya ...

The chapters of the Rig Veda are called mandalas — circles of hymns. This is because unlike a book, where one moves from chapter to chapter, the Vedic chapters are not really chapters. These were ...

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Economic Development Authority, or VEDA, has named Joan Goldstein as its next chief executive officer. Goldstein succeeds Cassie Polhemus, who previously ...