Sheikh Saaliq

Dissanayake’s immediate challenge, experts say, would be to steady the economy “in the face of anxieties felt by business and financial groups about his Marxist and revolutionary background.” https://t.co/dbaw8m7RpL

Ahead of Saturday’s polls, many Sri Lankans complain of corrupt leaders, economic mismanagement, and the entrenched power of the political old guard. Some, who ousted the Rajapaksas, are also unable to come together behind a candidate. for ⁦@APNews⁩ https://t.co/Qfu7CtNING

Sri Lanka was in the midst of economic collapse when Wickremesinghe took on the presidency in 2022. Things have improved since then, but many are still struggling, borrowing money or leaving the country to cope with rising living costs. https://t.co/6SQdIurZ1y

Gideon: “Their collusion in Shah’s ascendancy shows this to be the most supine and captive board in ICC’s history, a bunch of utterly craven enablers…” https://t.co/AbETWXqGap

RT @AP: Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power https://t.co/NihLz9QcQF

RT @AP: In Modi's India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election https://t.co/lhPEfvBPWj

RT @RSF_inter: 🔴"They clearly knew we were journalists. They were clearly trying to kill us all." @collinsdyl 6 months after the murder of…

“As the group (RSS) approaches its 100th anniversary, it wants to render the de facto Hindu nation it has built into one that is de jure. And if Modi wins a third term, he will do whatever he can to deliver.” by ⁦@HartoshSinghBal⁩ https://t.co/Plo7GIHCFN

A cluster of Bollywood films based on polarizing issues that promote Modi and his government’s Hindu nationalist agenda are coming out. It's just weeks until a national vote that will determine the political direction of the country. https://t.co/XB8lymu4kq

Fazil was so much more than a brilliant journalist. He was a good friend and an immensely kind man who would ensure people around him laugh and smile. He was also — and I understood that later — a lovely son to his parents. There weren't many like him. Go well, Fazil miyaan.

The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport

We learned Saturday that The Hechinger Report’s data reporter Fazil Khan died in a fire in the New York City building where he lived. We are devastated by the loss of such a great colleague and wonderful person, and our hearts go out to his family. He will be dearly missed.

“Ram Rajya (rule) begins,” a TV news headline said. https://t.co/F2lM8Cy5cV

Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at the same site on Monday in a political move to boost his party ahead of a crucial national vote. https://t.co/XpyykzhZPS

Anger spread in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after three civilians were killed while in army custody. Locals accused army personnel of torturing the three to death in a nearby military camp. They said the bodies bore marks of torture. https://t.co/u0ZpGm92ot

"An aging warlord surrounded by walls, with no moves left to make." https://t.co/ug0sCX1MFj via @RollingStone "

Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke more than two months of public silence over deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast, saying Thursday that the assaults of two women as they were being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur state were unforgivable. https://t.co/n7tAtRKpu4

//Stranger, who will inherit the last night of the past? Of what shall I not sing, and sing?//

The Himalayan Post @post_himalayan

Agha Shahid also called “the poet of exile” often uses metaphors of loss, displacement and identity for his homeland longing, Kashmir. https://t.co/7aOpyQaRFk

“A man knows he is mortal, but he takes it for granted that his nation possesses a kind of eternal life." Milan Kundera, 1980 https://t.co/S6Pg0LK5MX