“Untold Stories from Kandy” by Groundviews

 

Featured image courtesy Vikalpa/Ishara Danasekara 

Featured image courtesy Vikalpa/Ishara Danasekara 

“This is the money that my daughter and I collected every day in a till. It used to be on the cabinet. The notes can no longer be found. The coins were caught in the flames and were burned.”

He took the coins one by one and held them in his hands. His breath caught in his chest.

To him, the value in these coins was clearly more than the rupee or two that they were worth.

“We’re not angry with the Sinhalese”, were his last words to me.

Vikalpa traveled to Digana and surrounding areas in the aftermath of riots targeting the Muslim community in March. The following story is a translation of Vikalpa’s coverage.

Read the full article here.

source: Groundviews


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
DM (10 mai 2018). “Untold Stories from Kandy” by Groundviews. SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 23 avril 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/u8v2


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