Indian High Commissioner,
Aldwych, London WC2B 4NA
Dear High Commissioner,
Respectful greetings.
I read your comments with much interest at the Republic Day celebrations at BV Bhavan, London.
Here are some of your key remarks::
A. Our fundamental policies and the state of our country are sound
B. We are determined to sustain a high growth rate of our economy while [...]

As I say in my essay, Reign of Anomy (available online), most of my friends were and are Sinhalese: “Though it may appear paradoxical, I must also say that they were and are not “Sinhalese friends” but friends who, among other characteristics far more important to me, happen to be Sinhalese.” Paul Caspersz, in his [...]

Blatant and rampant corruption and nepotism prevalent in Sri Lanka were highlights of a  keynote speech to the recently concluded conference, Sri Lanka – is war the only solution to the ethnic conflict organised by the International Network of the Sri Lankan Diaspora in Berlin, Germany. Well known Sri Lankan lawyer and Executive Director of [...]

Any immigrant group from any nation who uses neither Indian dress nor enjoys Indian food on a routine basis should not be identified as part of the Indian diaspora.
Dr.Stephen Gill
The word Diaspora is not a substitute for the word immigrant. Diaspora essentially is a bitter experience of dislocation that leads to alienation, a sense of [...]

Like most of the British inheritance, English has entered the great Indian writing Joint Family
Prem Kumari Srivastava in a response to Christopher Mulvey
Recently, at the Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi, listening to Prof. Stephanos Stephanides (University of Cyprus) talk about “Cultures of Memory / Memories of Culture”, I could really put [...]

Your article in Confluence http://www.confluence.org.uk/2008/11/07/indian-foreign-policy-in-the-21st-century/- Response Part 2
Comment – on India’s military
You spoke earlier of “a rapidly modernising military”. Why is India modernising its military? It is expending its precious foreign exchange purchasing sophisticated weapons and equipment from the usual aggressors – the US, Israel, Russia, France and UK, countries that have stirred up much [...]

OPEN LETTER
MALMINDERJIT SINGH
Institute of South Asian Studies
National Universiity of Singapore
Dear Malminderjit
I read your article on India (Confluence, Aug/Sep 2008)http://www.confluence.org.uk/2008/11/07/indian-foreign-policy-in-the-21st-century/ with much interest.
You have presented a glowing picture of a country poised for global power and in the process of re-aligning its foreign policy. The account is strewn with feel-good phrases and conjures a bold, hegemonic [...]