Sage analysis of Lankan pre-electoral dynamics from Jayaveda Uyangoda. For some, (re)-learning the habits of democracy is not easy after years spent acquiring the habits of autocratic rule . . . http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/41303
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Kandyan Dancers
A lovely couple of pictures of girls in traditional costume awaiting the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry in Kandy during his visit to Sri Lanka last weekend. Ambiance almost as much Bolshoi as Kandy . . .
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In the 1980s, as Gorbachev came to power and perestroika led to profound changes – initially in the Soviet Union and subsequently among its communist allies – as a journalist I covered political developments in Central-Eastern Europe. Eventually my focus settled on Poland, a country I first visited in summer 1983, just as Poles were preparing for Pope John Paul II’s momentous return visit to his home country and the lifting of martial law imposed in December 1981. Subsequently I spent much of the annus mirabilis of 1989 in the country researching Poland: The Rough Guide (Penguin), published in 1991, and described by The Warsaw… More