Responding to The Weekend Leader’s appeal to readers to send in ideas to rehabilitate Delhi’s tongawallas, Swagat Sen from Noida has sent a lovely suggestion. We welcome more ideas.

Sri Lankan Tamils live in fear in the highly militarized North as they cannot go about their daily chores without the army’s nod. A visitor brings to light startling facts of life after war

Plying of tongas has been banned in Delhi. But as Mohita Nagpal finds out some are still in the business to avoid starvation. TWL invites suggestions from readers to help the tongawallahs

Indian business has changed as a new breed of entrepreneurs with social objectives have arrived. Madhusree Chatterjee tracks the emerging trend and finds out what makes a social entrepreneur

Sinhala chauvinism has moved into deculturation mode in Sri Lanka. A firsthand account of a visitor, who saw Buddhist statues, viharas and stupas being built at a frenetic pace in Tamil areas

The world community is yet to come to grips on the ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka, feels Ramu Manivannan, who hails the TNA victory in the recent local body polls as a vote for self determination

Family members of Border Security Force personnel now have a women’s corps to guard them even if the men fail to return home from their posts. Aditi Bhaduri checks out the activities of BWWA

Like a Sinhalese army, Sri Lanka has now reared an all-Sinhalese cricket team. P C Vinoj Kumar foresees the cricketing world treating Lanka as an outcaste as it once treated South Africa

India’s intelligence agencies are in shambles. By pointing fingers at Pakistan each time there’s a blast our agencies are shirking responsibility. Experts offer suggestions to set right things

The villagers had given their land for building a dam. But when some Rotarians found the same villagers struggling for water now, they built a deep bore-well for them, reports P C Vinoj Kumar

It was never told: India thwarted attempts by civil society activists for a democratic solution to the Sri Lankan problem in 2007. M G Devasahayam, who spearheaded the talks, now speaks out

The war crimes in Sri Lanka have not just caused a storm but made the Tamil issue a problem of humanity. Paul Newman finds a groundswell of support for the Tamils building up all over India

Goans living in London have picked up the cudgels on behalf of their people back home to fight the powerful mining mafia that is plundering the state’s resources, says Mayabhushan Nagvenkar

An IIM graduate selling vegetables on the streets not only gives dignity to the profession of agriculture but lures educated youth to the trade. Kavita Kanan Chandra meets Kaushlendra Kumar

Tamil Nadu could set the agenda for India’s Sri Lankan policy, going by the resolutions passed by Jayalalithaa government, says Ramu Manivannan, stressing the need for accountability in MEA