Strangler creeper, Mannar, Sri Lanka.

The strangler creeper which started as a vine has grown into big tree surrounding the Palmyra tree totally.

The Palmyra tree has been slowly strangled and is now only a dead trunk, after shedding its crown.

Sights, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

An old 'betel shop', Aswaththe, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A village road after heavy rains, Avissawella.

Unroasted 'Kadju' kernels on sale by the roadside, Aandiambalama, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Cadju grown in Chilaw and marketed by the roadside, this youth seems quite prosperous.

Around Arippu, Mannar, Sri Lanka.

Ruined British  Governer's residence occupied only during Pearl-fishing season of the Colonial Era.

Erected to guide boats off the shoals.

'Flame of the forest' tree, near Silavaththurai, Mannar, Sri Lanka.

With its brilliant orange colored flowers, this tree  deceives one looking from far away, as though the forest is on fire. Hence the name.

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'