Author

Suvendrini Kakuchi

Suvendrini Kakuchi, a 1997 Nieman Fellow, is the Tokyo correspondent for <a href="http://ipsnews.net/">Inter Press Service news agency</a>. She spent nearly three years as the director of the Sri Lankan office of Panos South Asia.

Returning Home to Sri Lanka to Face Difficult And Delicate Questions in Perilous Times

‘In the capital’s cafés and elegant drawing rooms open criticism of the state was soundly rejected on the funny logic that war must be won at all costs.’