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But there is a calling that is yet above high office, fame, lucre, and security. It is the call of conscience. - Lasantha Wickramatunga Sri Lanka is an island torn by war. A place, dissent has fled. A place, with no refuge for difference. A place, where ordinary is something to grasp for. A place, where violence and guns, murder and threats, rape and destruction are the norm. A place nearly a million have fled. A place, another million will be forced to flee from. Overseas, the cries of a Diaspora and the concerned are spoken over, written over. Some are still afraid to speak. We choose to break that silence. We are a voice of conscience. Or rather, a few voices from among the many whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the devastation and suffering in that island country, by a tragedy provoked and perpetuated by bankrupt and corrupt leadership, systemic racism, and a deep fear of the ‘other’. We keep anonymous for the same reason others ke

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