Monthly Archives: November 2024

The Tamil Nadu Model of Doing Business

From EVs to gorilla glass, the southern state bags marquee investments by Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg News India Edition Newsletter, October 3, 2024 This week: The Gujarat model may soon be replaced by Tamil Nadu, an excellent monsoon and Bengaluru’s new neighbor. Tamil Nadu vs. Vietnam It’s raining investments in Tamil Nadu, as the state nets… Read more »

MGR Remembered – Part 78

Indira’s Chikmagalur and Thanjavur Imbroglio by Sachi Sri Kantha, November 4, 2024 Chronological record of political activities by Indira Gandhi MGR Karunanadhi 1977-1979 Fellow MGR biographer R. Kannan’s thoughts about the contents in Part 77 of this series (received on Sept 14), were as follows: “ I enjoyed reading part 77 of the MGR series,… Read more »

SLCPJ: A New Era?

An Analysis of the Sri Lankan Elections and the Implications for Truth and Justice by Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, London, October 27, 2024 The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election marked a pivotal moment in the country’s political landscape and in geopolitics, with Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) / National People’s… Read more »

SLCPJ: Thirty Years of Failure

Sri Lanka’s Domestic Accountability and Human Rights Processes by Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace & Justice, London, December 2022 SLCPJ 2022-Dec-Failure-of-Domestic-Accountability-Mechanisms A brief overview of Sri Lanka’s history of domestic accountability and human rights processes, from 1989 to the present day. Introduction Whenever the possibility of an international investigation of human rights violations is raised,… Read more »