An old wives’ tale returns, revealing post-war Sri Lanka.

Guernica || June 15, 2012

People were dying in this war—among them, unarmed civilians caught between the warring parties. I knew it; I had arrived knowing it. And they were mostly Tamils. I am Tamil. The hollow curve of nothingness inside me sharpened to a point: I missed home with something bordering on pain or hunger. Home was a place where people would have talked about this openly.

The Millions || February 17, 2011