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i am is a narratives project exploring Sri Lanka's regional identity in sound and image

Margaret Outschoorn

The Portuguese Burgher matriarch from Batticaloa talks about displacement and loss, and how she still misses her old life in the Dutch Bar.

15,228 views

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Mrs Kandiah

The English teacher had never even been to England but through the power of her imagination, she could travel to the English countryside.

5,262 views

7
Mrs Sui-King Chang

One of the last surviving first generation Chinese migrants to Ceylon, Mrs Chang left Hong Kong in the 1950s to meet the man she would marry.

6,568 views

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Seenithamby

The fisherman talks about the changes to his way of life and his father who taught him to fish.

10,670 views

5
V.S. Alagan

The cemetery keeper talks about digging graves of different faiths and how he overcame his initial occupational fears and hazards.

9,532 views

5
Helga de Silva Blow Perera

Helga talks about her home and "anti-hotel", the sumptuous "Helga's Folly".

23,302 views

11
K. C. Kodituwakku

The retired bank manager remembers Jaffna past and present.

7,839 views

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Dr Lester James Peries

The filmmaker talks about going to the cinema as a boy from Dehiwala, his documentary work and his early films.

7,530 views

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Harendranath Dunuwille

The Kandyan lawyer recalls how the southern insurrection affected his chances of political office and why he belongs in Kandy.

9,190 views

5
C.K. Sankarakumaran

The guarantee shroff reflects on his connections to his two homes of Kandy and Jaffna.

10,257 views

7
Lejmal Hussein

The migrant worker reflects on the highs and lows of working in Saudi Arabia for nineteen years away from his family and hometown of Negombo.

3,888 views

2
Dominic Jeeva

The activist talks about growing up with caste, and why, despite its flaws, he's still proud to be a Jaffna man.

24,143 views

22
Jean Arasanayagam

The writer reflects on her Burger identity and her marriage to an atypical Jaffna man.

21,358 views

12
Inayet Akbarally

The trader tells the story of his great grandfather and how he became the first member of the Dawoodi Bohra community to set foot in Ceylon.

4,232 views

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Haniah Sultanbawa

The history teacher talks about the challenges she faced in becoming the first Muslim woman from Galle to graduate from university.

16,717 views

12
Father Harry Miller S.J.

The Jesuit priest from Louisiana explains why Batticaloa is the only home he knows.

15,818 views

11
Sister Pushpam Gnanapragasam

The senior nun reflects on why Jaffna people refer to themselves as "our people".

7,747 views

3
Edwin Ariyadasa

The veteran journalist looks back on 64 years with Lake House as a reporter and editor.

3,252 views

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Dr. Sivarajah

The community doctor reflects on his years of living in Jaffna and how these challenges keep him on the peninsula.

8,311 views

4
Justinus Lawrence

Justinus took over the garage in Negombo from his grandfather. He talks about the challenges he faces in running it today.

1,490 views

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Mohammed Yassin

The businessman talks about his expulsion from his hometown of Jaffna.

14,652 views

10
T. Arasanayagam

The English teacher talks about his childhood memories of Jaffna and his discovery of "the other".

6,413 views

2
Samarakone Bandara

The ritualist talks about his connection to the spirit world and why he came to Kandy.

4,198 views

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Mrs. Rasheed

The homemaker remembers how she coped after the death of her husband to raise five children alone.

7,102 views

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Dushyanthi Nugawela Wijeyawardena

The Kandyan remembers how, with her father's Buddhist roots and mother's Christian faith, her parents raised the family to observe both.

12,335 views

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Father Vito Perniola

The one hundred year old priest came to Ceylon in 1936. A linguist, he learnt Pali and Buddhism and taught Pali to monks and nuns.

3,106 views

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Mrs. Subramanium

The eighty two year old explains why she refuses to leave Jaffna.

27,209 views

18
Lawrence Saravanamuttu

Lawrence Saravanamuttu's shop is over 150 years old and famous for selling cigars. He talks about the Jaffna cigar popular among Negombo fishermen.

2,985 views

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i am is a narratives project exploring Sri Lanka's regional identity in sound and image

Margaret Outschoorn

Mrs Kandiah

Mrs Sui-King Chang

Seenithamby

V.S. Alagan

Helga de Silva Blow Perera

K. C. Kodituwakku

Dr Lester James Peries

Harendranath Dunuwille

C.K. Sankarakumaran

Lejmal Hussein

Dominic Jeeva

Jean Arasanayagam

Inayet Akbarally

Haniah Sultanbawa

Father Harry Miller S.J.

Sister Pushpam Gnanapragasam

Edwin Ariyadasa

Dr. Sivarajah

Justinus Lawrence

Mohammed Yassin

T. Arasanayagam

Samarakone Bandara

Mrs. Rasheed

Dushyanthi Nugawela Wijeyawardena

Father Vito Perniola

Mrs. Subramanium

Lawrence Saravanamuttu