Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Manjula Selvarajah: The real story on Sri Lanka
கனடாவின் நஷனல் போஸ்ற் குடிபெயர்ந்தவர்களை வைத்துக் கனடியர்களைப் பயமுறுத்துவதிலே பிழைப்பினை நடத்திக்கொண்டிருக்கிறதா? நேற்றைய ஆசிரியர்தலையங்கத்துக்கு இன்றைய கருத்து.மஞ்சுளா செல்வராஜ் எழுதியது. குறைந்தபட்சம் எம் இலங்கை அரசின் பேச்சுப்பீரங்கியான இந்து போல அல்லாமல், மாற்றுக்கருத்துகளை வெளியிடுவதையேனும் பாராட்ட வேண்டும்.
Manjula Selvarajah: The real story on Sri Lanka
Posted: January 06, 2009, 4:13 PM by Marni Soupcoff
Manjula Selvarajah
I heard a funny quote on the radio today by a journalist about “shiny ball” stories. These are stories that she and her colleagues love running after, seem exciting and give great sound bites, but divert your attention from more pressing matters.
And lo and behold, on Monday morning, leafing through the National Post, I came upon an editorial on how Canada should address a potential onslaught of Tamils Tigers landing on Canadian shores to seek refugee status, should they lose the war against the Sri Lankan government. Was that a collective “huh??” I heard voiced by the Canadian Tamil diaspora as they read the same article?
The shiny ball story, if it is even plausible, is the improbable escape of Tamils Tigers to Canada but behind that lies the many sad and very real issues happening today that better merit the focus of the intelligent National Post Editorial Team.
full text is at
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/06/manjula-selvarajah-the-real-story-on-sri-lanka.aspx
Manjula Selvarajah: The real story on Sri Lanka
Posted: January 06, 2009, 4:13 PM by Marni Soupcoff
Manjula Selvarajah
I heard a funny quote on the radio today by a journalist about “shiny ball” stories. These are stories that she and her colleagues love running after, seem exciting and give great sound bites, but divert your attention from more pressing matters.
And lo and behold, on Monday morning, leafing through the National Post, I came upon an editorial on how Canada should address a potential onslaught of Tamils Tigers landing on Canadian shores to seek refugee status, should they lose the war against the Sri Lankan government. Was that a collective “huh??” I heard voiced by the Canadian Tamil diaspora as they read the same article?
The shiny ball story, if it is even plausible, is the improbable escape of Tamils Tigers to Canada but behind that lies the many sad and very real issues happening today that better merit the focus of the intelligent National Post Editorial Team.
full text is at
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/06/manjula-selvarajah-the-real-story-on-sri-lanka.aspx
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