In between the wars, Mulangaavil Hospital, Mannar, Sri Lanka.

Board of the Poonakary Hospital transplanted at Mulangaavil.

The male ward at the Mulangaavil Hospital.

The kitchen in the hospital.

The fire-place in the hosapital.

With the massive exodus of population from the Jaffna Peninsula, these areas produced sanctuary. Paddy was aplenty hence feeding was not a problem. Shelter was another matter. Families  slept in the fields and highways. Malaria  and snake-bites caused casualties.

In the years of peace between the wars, road to Poonery, Mannar, Sri Lanka

Teaching staff

Students at a school depleted of pupils

The 'Kadalai Aachchi'

Children in a school, Mulangavil, Mannar, Sri Lanka, in between the wars, 2004.

Note the empty chairs.

Warning against land-mines on the school notice-board.

Well-dressed monkey, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Haldumulla to Belihul Oya, Sri Lanka.

Home-produce for sale.

Way-side waterfall.

Washing clothes in a stream, Beragala, Sri Lanka.

A wayside stream.

Children will always be curious.

Scenes, Haputhale to Belihul Oya, Sri Lanka.

Distant hills shrouded in haze.

Lone dog on the highway.