A Poem by H.A. Azeez in Colombo I feel you’ll be excited by the show of opulence today With tens of jets and helicopters in the air on display. + + + + + + + + + +
The Governor’s Lover: A Book Review
By Rodney Reynolds NEW YORK (IDN) — It is 1805, and the new Governor of the Crown Colony of Ceylon has just arrived to take up his post in the country. The Kandyan War continues unabated in the hill country and the local half-Sinhalese, half-Portuguese beauty, Lovinia, experiences the impact of these events on her […]
The Ideals of the UN Charter
A Poem by Shihana Mohamed Shihana Mohamed, a founding member and one of the coordinators of the United Nations Asia Network for Diversity & Inclusion (UN-ANDI) and a Sri Lankan national, is a Human Resources Policies Officer at the International Civil Service Commission.
A Conversation About Life Love and Career
A Review by Nandi Jasentuliyana The writer is the former Deputy Director-General of the United Nations. LOS ANGELES, USA (IDN) — Love, heartache, and euphoria wrapped in a treasure trove of the author’s life experiences narrated within these pages depict the lonely abyss and the dizzy heights of glory that people experience. In ‘Lessons Learnt’, […]
Is The Taj Mahal Not a Part of Indian Culture?
Viewpoint by Dr Ram Puniyani This article is the 19th in a series of joint productions of South Asian Outlook and IDN-InDepthNews, the flagship of the International Press Syndicate. The writer is a former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (now Mumbai) and meanwhile […]
Africa’s Plundered Artifacts Are Coming Home, Though Gradually
This article was issued by World Politics Review (WPR) and is being re-published with their permission. By Ayodeji Rotinwa COTONOU, Benin (IDN) — During a February press conference announcing a new exhibition of newly repatriated treasures, Jean-Michel Abimbola, Benin’s minister of culture, was asked by a British journalist to address the common claim that European […]
Putin’s Russia Is Also Attacking Ukrainian Culture
By Barbara Crossette, Passblue NEW YORK (IDN) — In Europe and around the world, the landmark drama theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol will long be associated with crimes against humanity, whether or not a formal trial of the Russians who bombed it is ever held. At least 300 people, including many children—the final […]
Major Book Fair in South Africa Returns After 2 Year Covid Absence
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — The Open Book Festival 2022 returns to Cape Town, South Africa, from March 26-27 after an absence of two years as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Open Book is a literary festival with a focus on South African literature in an international context. The […]
Museums in Two Countries Fight Over a Statue
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A fierce tug of war is underway between a U.S. Museum and a Congolese gallery over a statue depicting the angry spirit of a Belgian officer beheaded during an uprising in Congo in 1931. An image of the statue of Maximilien Balot, a colonial administrator, […]
Superstar Angelique Kidjo on Africa: “We Never Had Independence”
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — For those unfamiliar with African superstar Angelique Kidjo, her unflinching views on everything from the colonial mentalities of her French schoolmates to African politics and American history and her decision to call out slavery in her music can be found in a recent freewheeling interview […]