Personal page and articles by Gypsy Bohemia
The Wedding: An imagined portrait of an unusual day
He was a filmstar, they said. But she had never much cared for films. She had heard of schoolgirls hoarding...
Continue reading »Living with the Other in post-war Sri Lanka
I often have to remind myself that I live with a Tamil. My housemate, Vanessa is a Tamil, married to...
Continue reading »â€¦for The Missing
A solitary lamp perched on a desk top lights a room. A man scribbles feverishly on paper, hunched over the...
Continue reading »Sri Lanka: A country without citizens
Note from author: For someone who is not in the least interested in politics – and is more often than...
Continue reading »A message from a first-time voter
In 2005, I didn’t vote. Being 21, I was eligible to vote, but I didn’t – and if you asked...
Continue reading »Understanding horror
I’ve tried to understand this war, and failed. It’s made me feel rather stupid – this inability to wrap my...
Continue reading »Barbed Wire
Barbed, by Valimar A little boy stares through barbed wire, wondering which direction his home is. He reaches out to...
Continue reading »On a woman’s attire: Are we really tempting young boys and priests?
As a journalist, there is almost no end to the diversity of people I meet on a day-to-day basis. I was...
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