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The lawyer

Harendranath Dunuwille’s family boasts four generations of lawyers. He remembers the dangers of having political ambitions during the second JVP insurrection and why he belongs in Kandy. Photography by Kannan Arunasalam and Menika van der Poorten. Archive photography by Studio Times, Colombo.

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