The playwright S. Shakthidharan has lived in Australia since he was a toddler, but when he speaks of his homeland, he means Sri Lanka. That’s where he was born, where he spent his first birthday, where his ancestors were rooted....
Then in 1983, the South Asian nation descended into what would become a 26-year civil war....
So they did, going to India, Singapore and finally Australia, in 1984.“ I do think of Sri Lanka as my homeland, but I think of Australia as my home, ” he said the other day
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2024-09-07 00:00:00.0