'Clinton, Jayalalitha discuss current situation in Sri Lanka'

Posted: Jul 23, 2011
 
Washington US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha had a long conversation over the current situation in Sri Lanka and felt the need for greater progress towards reconciliation there, a State Department official has said. Last week, Clinton met Jayalalitha during her visit to Chennai.
"They actually had quite a long conversation about Sri Lanka, and I think they both agreed that we have concerns about the situation in Sri Lanka," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told reporters.     Full Story>>>
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In Tamil Nadu, School Without Textbooks

THE Wall Street Journal July 20, 2011

By Vibhuti Agarwal

After a day of hectic parleys in India’s national capital, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the city of Chennai on Wednesday to better acquaint herself with southern India, which has become a focus for growing U.S. trade and investment.
Although her one-day visit to Tamil Nadu, the first ever there by a serving U.S. Secretary of State, included meetings with school students,  Ms. Clinton probably did not get to discuss a unique feature of Tamil Nadu under the new Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa: school without textbooks.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, left, in Chennai, Wednesday.