BREAKING WAVES
The Ramachandrans are an ordinary family. In 2001, they live in a coastal village called Chempiyanpattu.
Antoni fishes and sells his catch at market. Rajini cooks and cleans, sorts the nets, tends to the chickens and fetches water. Their children Theepa and Michael are helpful, cheerful and attentive. Community is strong in Vanni – a stronghold of the LTTE or ‘Tamil Tigers’.
But life is poor and difficult for many. When the island achieved independence in 1948, the departing British colonizers left a
