In his swearing-in when he was elected President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa proudly said that he was elected President by Sinhala Buddhist voters and that he came in a dynasty of lions. But the same Sinhala Buddhist voters have risen in revolt against the rule of the Rajapaksa dynasty. More people...

Kerala’s rivers overflow with floodwaters during the monsoon, and most of them are perennial rivers. Why don’t we divert the west-flowing rivers to Tamil Nadu on the east to provide for drinking water and irrigation in the relatively drier areas of the state?