'Cricket seemed a neat way to talk about Sri Lanka'

Q&A

Shehan Karunatilaka has written Chinaman, a story of cricket, life and death in Sri Lanka - which won the $50, 000 DSC prize at the 2012 Jaipur Literature Festival. Karunatilaka spoke with Srijana Mitra Das about balancing a day job with writing at dawn, hanging out with alcoholics as research - and cricket as an allegory for Sri Lanka itself:

Interview - Q&A

-The Times of India, February 6, 2012

Lessons from Okushiri

"Okushiri's bitter experiences have prompted some in Tokyo to propose radically different approaches for rebuilding the northeast."

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Lessons from Okushiri

Okushiri's bitter experiences have prompted some analysts in Tokyo to propose radically different approaches for rebuilding the northeast.

"The private sector would come up with better solutions than just building white elephants"