The voices on the walkie-talkie sound alarming. The eyes of security officers in uniform search for unknown faces. They stand 500 meters away from the church and closely monitor the situation. Those…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Mirror Her husband, who usually comes home after work, did not return. He always informs his wife by telephone if he hasurgent work that would delay him….
Photo courtesy of Selvaraja Rajasegar September 9, 1990, 5.30 pm. Armed men clad in military uniform and civilian clothes instruct people from Sathurukondan, Kokkuvil, Pachchaiyadi and Pillayaradi to come out to the…
Photo Courtesy of Selvaraja Rajasegar On 18 May 2009, this mother traveled to the army-controlled area via Mullivaikkal Vattuvakal. There she handed over her 33-year-old son to the army. He had refused…
Featured image by Selvaraja Rajasegar One question. I needed an answer to one question. Despite being used to meeting people and talking about difficult issues, it was not easy to ask this…
Featured image by Selvaraja Rajasegar Editor’s Note: The following article is a translation of a story by our sister site Maatram. On October 12th 2018, Maatram filed a Right to Information request with…
38-year-old Saraswathi wakes at 5.30 am to send her children to school before she heads to work. In this video, produced by Selvaraja Rajasegar of Maatram, she readies her children for school, in…
“I’m not worried about them. I want to know what happened to the one that has gone missing.” 70 year old Yogaradhi says she cannot remember when her grandson, Alfred Thinu, went…
Editor’s Note: This video was created by sister site Maatram, and forms part of an ongoing series marking 35 years since Black July. Featured image courtesy Selvaraja Rajasegar “As we travelled a…
Editor’s Note: This post contains discussion on the topic of suicide. If you feel you may want to take your own life, or are concerned about someone else who is likely to attempt…
Featured image courtesy Selvaraja Rajasegar The following is the translation of a story by Selvaraja Rajasegar, editor of Maatram (click here and here to view the series in Tamil). As of today,…
