“Liberatedâ€Â- A Personal Account Of Batticaloa And Ampara
Mihiri Weerasinghe is an independent researcher and a Masters candidate at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The lagoon lay shimmering in the afternoon heat, mesmerized by the sun. Three young boys jostled in the thicket nearby sharing a smoke, then tired, they plunged into the lagoon, rippling the waters, alarming a stork. At that particular moment the enchantment of the Batticaloa lagoon and the serenity engulfed me. The last time I was in Batticaloa and Ampara was three years ago, just after the tsunami. Back then, I saw the town battling with itself to come to grips with the disaster that the water had wrecked. The neighboring towns of Kattankudy and Marthamunai had been decimated and the people at the time could only turn to God. Then, they were expecting his benevolence after he had so mercilessly shown them his wrath. Now the towns bustled with activity. They seemed to have regenerated themselves and there seemed at least a…
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