David Jeyaraj
| D. B. S. Jeyaraj | |
|---|---|
| Native name | டி. பி. எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் |
| Born | May 21, 1954 |
| Other names | David Jeyaraj |
| Alma mater | Jaffna College |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | dbsjeyaraj |
David Buell Sabapathy Jeyaraj (born May 21, 1954; commonly known as D. B. S. Jeyaraj) is a Tamil Canadian freelance journalist of Sri Lankan origin. He currently writes articles for two Sri Lankan newspapers, The Daily Mirror with his own column in it and the Daily FT, and also runs his news blog, dbsjeyaraj.com.
Jeyaraj was born on May 21, 1954. His mother was from the village of Kaddaively near Karaveddy in northern Ceylon. He was educated at S. Thomas' Preparatory School and Jaffna College. After school Jeyaraj won admission to university but chose not to enrol. He then joined Madras Christian College but quit, returned to Sri Lanka and took up law studies. He abandoned this in 1977 to take up journalism.
Jeyaraj is a Methodist Christian. He married a Hindu woman in November 1992.
Jeyaraj's journalism career began in April 1977 as a staff reporter for the Tamil language Virakesari. He worked as the paper's correspondent in Batticaloa. He moved to the English language The Island in November 1981. Initially he reported on trade union and customs issues but was later assigned to cover Tamil politics and militancy. He also wrote the popular "Behind the Cadjan Curtain" column for its sister newspaper, the Sunday Island. He was deputy editor of the Saturday Review for a period and Colombo correspondent for The Hindu. He was fired from The Hindu for exposing atrocities committed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF).
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