Searching for a Black Pen from the Chemmani Mass Gravesite - Groundviews

Searching for a Black Pen from the Chemmani Mass Gravesite - Groundviews

Photo courtesy of Kumanan Twenty nine years ago, in September 1996, schoolgirl Krishanthi Kumarasamy was brutally raped and killed by the military. She was my schoolmate at Chundikuli Girls College in Jaffna. As a 16-year old student I was afraid to express myself. I buried memories of my Jaffna school to forget the murder of Krishanthi. My red and black school tie, which was once my pride, became my pain. Each time I saw the old photos of mysel…