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every one experiences it differently as if there are different forms of time. time . ah, the same own a dimension. we know we won't live forever. an illusion. about time presenting futures past starts april 14th on d. w. you watching d w news asia coming up today, sri lanka is falling apart both economically and politically. it's a crisis years in the making. we look at how the country ended up in the current situation and the way ford plus for many indian students who fled ukraine and are now safely back home after their long journeys. uncertainty remains. we explain why . ah,
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i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. sri lanka is facing it's most serious economic and political crisis in decades with protests on the streets and officials resigning and being replaced so quickly. we're not sure how long the next finance minister will stick around, because the new appointee lasted just a day. people are struggling to get the basics from food to fuel. some observers say the poorest may soon face starvation. years of government mismanagement and corruption compounded by the pandemic, has led to this tragedy. troops patrol the streets outside the parliament and colombo lockdown after unprecedented street demonstrations. again sri lanka, president, go to buy a roger puck so once wildly popular is approval, ratings have been undermined. by people's anger at ramp and inflation,
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as well as food fuel and medicine shortages. the cupboard panoramic destroyed sri lanka, tourism industry, leading to a lack of foreign exchange for imports. let me get it, but again the about it. but again, i started a small business recently called amy like it, but it's very difficult to maintain us how that is. there's no gas, there's no kerosene in. and that's why people are protesting in the st. them that i need to file a viola with it is that the abby is allowed. people are suffering a lot. they've reached the end of their patience. one can't say how the people will behave, what decision they'll take, it go to buy a roger pack. so is backed by sri lanka is powerful cinderella, buddhist majority, who credit him with ending the 26 year long civil war in 2009 the protest threaten one of the most powerful asian political dynasties like ever in 2020, my hinder roger pox. i one elections to become sri lanka, as prime minister,
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serving under his brother and president, go to buyer in 2021. another sibling basil was named finance minister tightening the family's grip on power. demonstrators accused the president of mismanaging sri lanka, his most painful downturn since independence from britain. in 1948, the protest began last month, but have intensified in the past few days, leading to clashes between protesters and police. in some instances. i and when i can, roger packs or revoke to state of emergency after dozens of law makers walked out
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of the ruling coalition. what the troops remain on the streets. there is no certain way out of true, lank is worth political crisis for decades. joining as found, colombo is an backer, saquina nathan human rights advocate, and formerly with the human rights commission of sri lanka. thanks for joining the program. i'm back her. what's happening and she lanka has been a long time coming. i want to start with the economy. tell us a bit more about how the country ended up, where it is today. yes, as you would have seen right now facing a foreign exchange, prices are due to which we also are facing shortage of fuel gas. which is effecting even the large industrial, small and medium industries. and just generally economic activity we are unable
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to that will meet all the payments, which means that we can eat it all, which then i, i comment that it's worth that even in general conflict. and this has been a long time coming because it is hard to can only try and pop political prices meet normal prices brought on by years old mismanagement also with this particular government, despite the fact that it was advice to go to the national monetary fund by many experts refused to do that and that i think was also part of their campaign slogans . and what they can. ringback come into power, which is not, i don't know how we will see a new key. they also pointed someone to the central bank who economic expert a was not qualified to to make the decisions or by the government on
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decisions. which is why right now where to find that there is an economic down and a political crisis which is having an impact on the socio economic status of so many people from. ready children to day wager next to the trade going, what kind of worked in the factories? just having an atlas, in fact, i would say on practically nearly all segments of society. now more than 40 members of the legislature left the governing coalition this week. so now you have a minority group running the country, how much is the country, you know, with the legislature a democracy as opposed to the roger pox, a family having most of the power. but even now, the problem that we have is many of the people who are governing coalition has said
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that the governing position, that they are going to function in parliament as independent. but we still don't know whether when it comes to certain issues that they want the government, in which case probably why that is why the opposition is also afraid to test it with no confidence motion and the opposition is also plain. what it seems, a waiting game, for instance, yesterday they made a decision that today and tomorrow they would be there in parliament where they can only cross is the at the point. we know it's going to be meltdown. i'm in a month or 2 that will be a crisis. and only thing on the activity can often be shut down. but yet i think even the opposition is not putting forward a plan. they are not testing on that. they're being reluctant to take responsibility. so what is being proposed is also what kathy government,
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but that also brings it to play a constitutional question. the question you asked about, you know, democracy. the fact is, this was in a sense, like total democracy, i would say, i mean it was all the electoral authority carrion. it's, i mean back to election, someone is government. that routine is authoritarian and it's also functions more. it's a family and the functions through dispensing patronage. so not ideal. what comes next. one comes next is that today in parliament, one of the candidates and you would have known that all the east resigned. i'm be appointed, some of them, the minister of foreign affairs, minister finance, and i raise a question that you might. why do you need a minister? i read that this diamond last not for instance, a minister l. i. so the minister mentioned in parliament
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residencies. absolutely no reason to resign the protests as you would have seen on all the nation and the pro just are getting larger crowds getting and we and because every day they are faced with more shortages diminishing in the summer than the complete lack of a command of being able to only eat one me a day. so if we do not see the president stepping down back to you because you could possibly teach the president. but once again, that's a lengthy process of procedure, which we really do lock out time and why and it's and it's not a very ideal situation that we're facing and something that we'll have to get back to you on over the next few weeks. i'm because i couldn't no, nothing. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. ah,
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you may remember the many non ukrainians stuck inside the country when russia invaded ukraine just over a month ago. many of them were medical students from india. they were eventually able to leave and are mostly back home, but they now face a new dilemma. india does not recognize medical degrees obtained from 2 institutions, so students can't simply transfer to a new school d w. when you're chaudhry met with 2 such students in delhi, this is how the study is for his medical degree these days. he knows this is not ideal, but he like almost 20000. other students who have redone to india from ukraine, has 2 options. he wasn't the 3rd year of his studies when he had to fly back home just before russia in read it. having invested considerable time in money in his education and ukraine. he is not worried about what's next. when will it be
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diversity is saying that they will call us back once to war and study to tell them via conducting online classes. honestly, i don't think you will be that easy because the infrastructure has been badly affected. new over acres crisis also reflects a structural problem within india. mabel emma is an education consultant period which he says the lack of enough bots and medical schools, scrub and death. deep fee structure is what drives students to other countries. we had been brought him to lawman originally in every state, not only in delhi, the if the government want, they can accumulate on these student. they can increase the seats and all the the student who have come back from ukraine can easily be accumulate. they can continue this studies over here, but in the bunch of got them is also a cardio medical student from ukraine. he has come to meet emmett who the good. he lamented the loss of their practical classes which are essential in their field
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study. took with destroy lisben, a lot of destruction in ukraine. the country has been pushed back 10 to 12 years to we're not able to figure anything out. even the government has not done anything for us yet. like we have not heard from them. debbie and his parents are worried about his academy. he hopes a decision on the future. all student attorneys is taken, so not have money to be put on so that all of there is a rule here that we have to complete our medical degree entirely from one university, irrespective of what country we're studying in whatever. if we transfer to some other university in the middle, our degree won't be considered valid here yet. there should either be an amendment to this rule or an exemption for us because it's a war situation. member who he wanted us to atlanta, javi is part of an association founded by students who have come back from ukraine . would then aim to find solutions to that problem. he said that would be great if they could continue to study in india. he is highly motivated, but the uncertainty over his future rees on his mind. that's it for wednesday,
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