The horror that is unfolding in Sri Lanka becomes possible because of the silence that surrounds it - Arundhati Roy
by admin on 01/04/09 at 12:20 pm
Arundhati Roy, the great Indian writer and social activist in an articled published today in the Times of India newspaper says the horror that is unfolding in Sri Lanka becomes possible because of the silence that surrounds it. “There is almost no reporting in the mainstream Indian media - or indeed in the international press [...]
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