M Sivaram – The Consummate Journalist

SE Asia’s roving newshound News used to be reported from the source with engaging text by journalists, and the challenges they faced and the risks they took are fodder for so many thrilling tales. These days, however, distant back offices help complete news bits with little personal involvement, and...

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Conceição – Our new book

 The Sad Story of the Conceição – Published by the Chagos Conservation Trust (CCT) Sometimes I wonder at the surprising turns that life takes. I was researching for material to add meat to the article that I was preparing on Deigo Garcia and chanced upon a site related to the Chagos Archipelago, where...

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The Ceylon Malayalees

Travails of the Kochiyan… It is difficult to quantify the waves of migrations between Kerala and Ceylon – Sri Lanka over time, and the lines are quite blurred, but then again, there was a time when the relations between Malayalees and the Sinhalese in Ceylon, became intensely turbulent. Though there...

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