Resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC: did the US go too far?

In March, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a United States sponsored resolution pressing the Sri Lankan government to investigate alleged human rights violations during the final stages of the war with the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement immediately after, “United States and the international community had sent a strong signal that Sri Lanka will only achieve lasting peace through real reconciliation and accountability.”

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The Human Dimension

When you are diagnosed with an illness…

One of life’s toughest challenges is when you are told by your doctor that you have an illness you never thought you would have. It is a moment of shock and sometimes even denial - you feel as if something inside you has died. You might even feel depressed; the moment of shock lasts for a few days until you get used to being a person affected by that illness.

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Satyajit Ray :

Recollections of a phenomenal filmmaker of our times

(May 2, 1921 to April 23, 1992)

‘Satyajit Ray is no more', yet that, with no doubt, is the most common feature in life. As humans, whether we are in favour or not, of life's unique modus operandi assimilated on each individual, facing the surge of events from birth to ailing, including the culmination, that shall temporarily blot the end of one’s journey on earth, shall remain intact, unable to be amended as one may, at times wish it could be.

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