I am 56 years old and I was born in the Arippu village. I studied in grade 4 at ………………. I had friends when I was schooling. Now don’t remember.

9 siblings. One died. 4 men and 5 women. I am the 3rd. Mom and Dad engaged in fishing. Those were the days I had all my relatives. We used to sleep in the same sheet. Now it is not like that. That relationship was eternal unlike the one today. I can’t forget the relatives of the past.

I got married at the age of 22. He’s from Hatton. When they came here we had close relationship. Thanks to the friends we got married.

My family life was full of problems. My relatives and village folks came to me help.

After getting married it was only my husband and me. Neither mother nor father helped us.

We were displaced and in Murugan in September 2007 . In June 2009 we returned to Muttaripu. I live with my grandchildren. My son-in-law is engaged in fishing. The other daughter is Clerk and another daughter is studying……….. Lives in Kandy. I do my best to educate them.

1990 we went to India and lived in three places. Came to Sri Lanka in 1992 after two years.

In 1994 my husband was apprehended by the Navy. I was waiting. My brother was in that. The Navy hacked and threw them into the sea afterwards . My husband’s body was washed ashore and later buried.

My husband was arrested and imprisoned in Tamil Nadu afterwards. Upon release we went to Madu and returned to Arippu.

The people shouldn’t experience a war and destruction like this. All must be united. This is my expectation.

All relatives must live in unity as before. All children must live well and so must all grand children, There shouldn’t be a war. Let it be with us all that happened.

Who knows what is in one’s heart. It is only known when expressed in public.

Had an opportunity to express myself which otherwise I wouldn’t have expressed.

It would be relieving to speak with Yasho after her trip to Colombo to find her husband.

I feel light now. It was very relieving when I expressed myself.