Slaughter in Sri Lanka and M.I.A
Posted by Jodha in World News on 05 4th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Months ago, my fellow langa(w)r-iter asked a question “On Whose Watch?” when Russian tanks retaliated against Georgian incursions. However, and almost all of us here at TLH, I believe, fall into the trap of having an American filter in terms of the news we discuss and don’t discuss have certainly...
A call to conscience
In Sri Lanka last week, a brave voice was silenced. The editor of the Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickramatunga, was killed by gunmen on two motorcycles on his way to work. With prescience, he had predicted his impending death, believing that he would be killed by the government. He wrote an incredibly...
