Sabiya Mahal: Commemmorating 25 years of the Northern Muslim eviction

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• by An IDPs diary 
• - on 10/22/2015 

Excerpt from an IDP’s diary – 22nd August 2003

I am worried and mad at my Mum. Why is she doing this? Is she insane or greedy?

She says it is foolish to keep something that will be soon taken over by “them”.

I cried “Mum, it is our home. We have to keep it for our kids. Maybe they will not live there but this is the only connection we have got. After all, Mannar is our home town”.

Sabiya Mahal Commemmorating 25 Years of the Northern Muslim Eviction by Thavam Ratna