A CHANGED LANDSCAPE – Revisiting Jaffna
In her inimitable journalese, accomplished travel writer Mihiri has delivered this wonderful feature on Jaffna that I find to be one of the best published so far in post-war Sri Lanka.
While all roads seem to lead to the once ravaged North these days, this travel piece is highly researched with genuine originality and packed with practical and useful information for any would be traveller.
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Its multifarious perspectives that cover transport, accommodation, food and places of interest are helpful in getting an idea of what awaits one in ‘back to the future’ Jaffna today.
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. In this superbly crafted piece, Mihiri provides an evocatively presented insight into the glorious heritage, the agonizing not –too- distant past and the positively optimistic present and future of the North.
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. The journalist in her hardly allows her to mince words in this lucid interest-provoking travel article. Yet, the positivity it generates and which Jaffna truly deserves will leave a lasting impression with yearning to those who have hitherto not visited post-war Jaffna.
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. I found this deftly rendered feature ,wonderfully illustrated with pertinent images to be very exhilarating and totally relevant in this time and age when peace and reconciliation are paramount elements in contemporary Sri Lanka.
–Charles Rex deSilva
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