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CHENNAI: How do you listen to a mermaid’s song? I, having been raised on the ways of a particular wizarding world, believed you had to submerge yourself in water be part of the sea that births the music. But, there’s plenty of magic to be found if you were to dip your oar into the water and hold its other side to your ear at the Mattakalappu lagoon, finds Nilavoli, Sharanya Manivannan’s protagonist.
While scientists peg the mysterious sounds to underwater currents touching a special type of shell, or the creatures that reside in them or ‘singing’ fish, Nilavoli’s Amma suggests, “Then there are dreamers like you and me who want to believe there can be mermaids in the lagoon. Fish-tailed, with a human heart.” It’s with this declaration that Sharanya’s latest creation Mermaids in the Moonlight takes off.
Posted on December 12th, 2020
KAMALIKA PIERIS
The Eelam war
was Sri Lanka’s first post- Independence civil war. It was a protracted war
conducted by a bogus ethnic group,
created by the British administration, now claiming exclusive rights to
valuable coastal territory.
The
government of Sri Lanka was a formidable enemy, not only militarily, but
legally too. Sri Lanka, real name
Sinhaladvipa, is a recognized sovereign state with clear boundaries, a seat in
the UN and a well documented history. The government of Sri Lanka could not be
shaken easily. It fought back and won
the war. It was a decisive win. The LTTE formally declared defeat. It was an