Parent’s Departure
Many Tamils who did not have the means risked their lives and sought refuge in the neighbouring India at its most Southern tip, Rameswaram.
1983: Back to Jaffna
Fleeing Colombo
It was nothing short of a miracle that our small family survived. Our father’s businesses were burnt down to the ground. Our home was raided by Mobs as our father hid us under the bed and faced them alone. He passed away last year in 2021 before he could tell me...
1983: Black July
On 14 May 1976 in Pannakam near Vaddukoddai, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, the Vaddukoddai Resolution was adopted and it called for the creation of an independent Tamil Eelam by the Tamil United Liberation Front under the leadership of S. J. V. Chelvanayakam and it...
Born in a time of war
So when my parents embraced my birth, they felt devastated with the news, and saw me as a burden to their existence. Saddened. Extremely Disappointed. Wishing that they carried through with their plans to abort me
1980: Shathesh Kuhendrarajah Brings Joy
My love for him is unparalleled, yet my conviction that he indeed is the Yin and I being the Yan, have always left us both on opposite sides, competing with each other, rivalling like beasts against one another, and gripping each other by the throats whenever the universe allowed such opposing elements to come together and be in the same room
