Several stories related to the conflict in Sri Lanka remain untold by the Indian media, including the situation of the embattled media in Sri Lanka.

Ammu Joseph

The renewed conflict in Sri Lanka has been making some news in India over the past few months - though not quite as much as the continuing violence in Iraq, despite the proximity, as well as the historical and cultural connections, which render the former particularly significant for this country.

However, the scanty and sporadic reports on the Sri Lankan conflict in the Indian media remain largely event-based, with little depth and even less analysis, as Sri Lankan journalist Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Editor-Investigations and Political Correspondent of The Sunday Leader, Colombo, pointed out recently.

Her brief presentation …

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An email from Ammu Joseph, circulated through SAJA’s email list, pointed to two articles that explore the situation in the North and East of Sri Lanka at present.

Hi!

Here’s a recent piece on the current situation in Jaffna that I wrote for Himal Southasian, published from Nepal.

*LIFE IN AN OPEN PRISON*
http://www.himalmag.com/2007/january/report1.htm

I’d written a shorter one earlier for the edit page of The Times of India (4 December 2006), which was also unhappily edited (e.g., the last sentence, which is not mine at all!), here’s the link:

*JAFFNA UNDER SIEGE*

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/700845.cms?mailtofriend=1

Jaffna seems to be off the radar of the international media — like many other parts of the world experiencing chronic conflict. …

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