Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt. Sponsor Message MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked th... See more
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked their new year on Tuesday. NPR's Diaa Hadid was on hand to see the celebrations in the capital, Colombo, where she says people are feeling the effects of the Iran War thousands of miles aw... See more
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In her home in a tidy working class alley, Shiranti Rambukkana has set up a literal bonfire in her narrow living room. At precisely 10:51 a.m. she strikes a match to get a fire going under the wooden kindling on a metal pan in her liv... See more
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here in the U.S., Americans have felt the war in the Middle East and the shipping interruptions in the Strait of Hormuz at the gas pump. In South Asia, they are feeling it in the fields. That's because a third of the global fertilizer... See more
With shipments through the Strait of Hormuz stalled after the Iran war began, fertilizer shortages are deepening across India. Copyright 2026 NPR With shipments through the Strait of Hormuz stalled after the Iran war began, fertilizer shortages are deepen... See more
