New York is a strategically important place on the Donbas front line, the site of a defensive fortification on Ukraine’s Mannerheim Line. There is constant fighting here, as a result of which its material form is inexorably disappearing from the face of the earth. Russian bombs have annihilated its economic potential.
Oksana Zabuzhko’s groundbreaking novel ‘Field Work in Ukrainian Sex’ addressed gender issues and national trauma, while Yuri Andrukhovych’s ‘Recreations’ explored Ukraine’s cultural positioning between Eastern and Western influences. Serhiy Zhadan’s poetry and prose captured the gritty realities of post-Soviet transition, particularly in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine’s rich literary heritage suffered systematic suppression under Soviet rule. The policy of Russification meant that Ukrainian writers were often forced to write in Russian or face severe consequences. The “Executed Renaissance” of the 1920s-30s saw an entire generation of Ukrainian intellectuals and writers eliminated through Stalin’s purges.
Sri Lankan politics is a thing of its own making. It is the unholy combination of good, bad, evil, and ugly. Machiavelli would have re-written “The Prince” had he had even a slight glimpse of Sri Lankan politics.
True to Dugin’s words the only thing that has happened to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union is the steady growth of its territorial size. There are plenty of examples. Starting with Georgia,
That very moment will give rise to a new precedent “Life of a NATO country soldier is the Rubicon line”.
More than anything UAE is the beacon of hope for a world where competing interests could coexist. Let’s look at how UAE, the tiny Middle Eastern power, has hedged its bets under the leadership of MBZ.
Just as much as the Houthis are not your ordinary rebels, the Sri Lanka navy is also not your ordinary naval force. Sri Lanka’s navy is a battle-hardened, experienced, formidable force that has proven the purpose of its existence many times throughout history for the people and the state it protects.
By Dhanuka Dickwella American politics is more dramatic than that of Shakespeare’s magical work. While trying to beat the emotionally driven South Asian trends, the landscape is much deadlier and more competitive […]
By Nadeera Dickwella “If you want peace, prepare for war” There is a cold peace shrouded in a sinister ambience on the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. On both sides of the […]
By Nadeera Dickwella. ( Photo Credit Jerusalem Post ) Disclaimer – As a lit community , we condemned violence and strongly believe that war is no sensible means of solving an issue. […]
By Nadeera Dickwella. Photo credit – Aravot – Armenian News Read more at: https://en.aravot.am/2023/01/10/317567/ After the Armenien genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks at the beginning of the last century, the world […]
By Nadeera Dickwella Photo credit – India Today – Geeta Mohan (New Delhi,UPDATED: Aug 31, 2021 14:20 IST) Many countries have been recognized as bridges between cultures that are polar opposite from […]
Photo Credit – Reuters In politics a leader’s political security is guaranteed by trusted comrades around him. This was true to the Romans, true to the soviets & true to any modern […]
Photo Credit NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-likely-nothing-peace-rcna25583 “In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known” Thomas Pickering Looking at various ways diplomacy has been used in the Russia – Ukraine […]
By Nadeera Dickwella The French Election has become much more important than just another European Election. The very reason is one outcome in particular could have earth shattering impacts beyond the shores of continental Europe. If incumbent President […]
By Nadeera Dickwella Global South & North is not a geographic divide. Although technically the regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania are considered Global south the term refers to a whole lot […]
The second paper. (initially published on 24 March 2022): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kostiantyn-t-67a498139_occupation-of-ukraine-the-second-paper-activity-6915750642716155904-rGwR?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web It has not happened yet. However, nothing real, adequately real has been done to prevent the tragedy except usual, well-trained simulations of […]
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