Thulasi’s Diary - Jaffna, Journalism, and other stories -8“You girls chattering there! Solve this riddle.”Feb 6, 2020Feb 6, 2020
Thulasi’s Diary - Jaffna, Journalism, and other stories -7“What is your number?”Dec 21, 2019Dec 21, 2019
Thulasi’s Diary - Jaffna, Journalism, and other storiesI studied English Literature at school. I have had an everlasting distaste for Charles Dickens ever since. As a young teen forced to…Nov 28, 2019Nov 28, 2019
Thulasi’s Diary — Jaffna, Journalism, and other storiesAfter nearly 30 years years of being intermittently shut off, Jaffna had just opened up to the outside world in 2002. After 17 years away…Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
Thulasi’s Diary - Jaffna, Journalism and other storiesJaffna during the ’83 riotsNov 9, 2019Nov 9, 2019
Thulasi’s Diary — Jaffna, Journalism, and other storiesOne late afternoon at the end of August 2002, I finally reached Jaffna after a particularly arduous journey. The A9 road had just…Nov 6, 20193Nov 6, 20193
Thulasi’s Diary — Jaffna, Journalism, and other stories“America” said my mother. “UK” said my father. “Accountant” said my mother. “Lawyer” said my father.Oct 30, 2019Oct 30, 2019
Thulasi’s Diary — Jaffna, Journalism and other stories“Now remember” my mother admonished my father, “if that fellow says your daughter is going to marry a man from X, Y or Z race (apart from…Oct 17, 2019Oct 17, 2019
Thulasi’s Diary - Jaffna, Journalism and other stories“What kind of water is this?” my father said. “You should drink the ground water in Jaffna to know the taste of water. Oh, for the taste…Oct 9, 20193Oct 9, 20193
