Quotes by : Nayomi Munaweera

In these myriad ways, we carved out our lives in Los Angeles. Yet falling asleep was often an act of....

They hate me because I am the worst thing possible. I am the bad mother.But here's a secret: in America....

This is the beginning of what we will come to call the Upstairs-Downstairs, Linga-Singha wars.

She talks in her most sedate voice, attempting to alleviate out fears, soothe our anxiety. She knows....

It was something I learned then. That you could take the crumpled remains of something destroyed and....

Those less fortunate eat dried fish while the truly destitute fight with the spiny shells of crabs or....

Then too, motherhood is broken because in this place, to be a good mother is to give yourself completely.....

They say that family is the place of safety. But sometimes this is the greatest lie; family is not sanctuary,....

In Sri Lanka, when two strangers meet, they ask a series of questions that reveal family, ancestral village,....

Leaving is an act that cannot be undone.