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Poetry For Reflection On Sri Lanka’s Election Day
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Sri Lanka or Ceylon as it was known earlier has faced many challenges and problems since Independence from Britain in 1948. We have had military coup attempts, communal riots, pogroms, armed revolts, external military intervention, assassinations of heads of State, terrorist violence and above all a long secessionist war that threatened to tear […]
The Indo -Lanka Accord and the Sri Lankan Tamils
By D.B.S.JEYARAJ Today (29 July) is the 33rd third anniversary of the Indo-Lanka Accord. It was on 29 July 1987 that former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and then Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardene signed in Colombo the agreement between India and Sri Lanka known as the Indo-Lanka Accord along with two letters described […]
Tamils Desiring a Silk “Verti” May Lose Even Their Cotton “Verti”.
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The Rajapalsa regime is all out to get a two-thirds majority in Parliament through the forthcoming elections on August 5. The avowed objective of such a steam -roller majority is to promulgate a new Constitution or enact Constitutional amendments unilaterally. According to Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna(SLPP) ideologue Prof. Gamini Lakshman Peiris a strong […]

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D.B.S. Jeyaraj’s Journey Home: Journalist in Exile Visits Sri Lanka for the First Time in 25 Years

Marianne David Interviews DBS Jeyaraj for DailyFT

Pix by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the war dragged on and then escalated despite intermittent ceasefires, but he never let it go out entirely.

Articles by D.B.S. Jeyaraj – dbsjeyaraj.com
Poetry For Reflection On Sri Lanka’s Election Day August 6, 2020
The Indo -Lanka Accord and the Sri Lankan Tamils August 4, 2020
Tamils Desiring a Silk “Verti” May Lose Even Their Cotton “Verti”. August 1, 2020
July 1983: Two Northern Attacks and One Island-wide Anti-Tamil Pogrom July 26, 2020
Jeevan Thondaman, Ceylon Workers Congress and The Tamils of Nuwara- Eliya District July 22, 2020
How Sirimavo Bandaranaike Became The World’s First Woman Prime Minister 60 Years Ago. July 21, 2020
Sumanthiran’s Unconventional Reaction To Sarvanapavan’s Newspapers Targeting Him July 16, 2020
Comrade Shan and the Tamil Militant Armed Struggle; A Birth Centenary Tribute To Nagalingam Sanmugathasan July 16, 2020
How Ex- LTTE Commander “Col”Karuna Was Deported To Sri Lanka in 2008 After Being Arrested, Detained and Convicted in Britain July 9, 2020
How “Col” Karuna’s Eastern Tiger Revolt Was Crushed By LTTE Chief Prabhakaran July 9, 2020
Karuna Ammaan’s Boast of Killing 2000-3000 Soldiers in One Night at Elephant Pass. July 9, 2020
Gotabaya a Standalone President Acting Extra-Constitutionally Without a Parliament June 24, 2020
Premadasa Impeachment Move Showed That a President Facing a Hostile Parliament was Vulnerable. June 24, 2020
JR Jayewardene and Gotabaya Rajapaksa: A Tale Of Two Executive Presidents June 24, 2020
The Plot Within the TNA Targeting Party Spokesman Sumanthiran June 24, 2020
When Arumugan Thondaman Clashed With Mahinda Rajapaksa. June 13, 2020
The “Traitorisation” Tragedy Of Tamil Nationalist Politics. May 30, 2020
Tale of a Tiger: Facets of LTTE Supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran’s Life. May 29, 2020
Was The Tamil National Alliance Formed By The “Tigers” In 2001? May 29, 2020
TNA Spokesperson Sumanthiran In The Eye Of a Political Storm May 29, 2020

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Special Feature

D.B.S. Jeyaraj’s Journey Home: Journalist in Exile Visits Sri Lanka for the First Time in 25 Years

Marianne David Interviews DBS Jeyaraj for DailyFT

Pix by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the war dragged on and then escalated despite intermittent ceasefires, but he never let it go out entirely.