On the spot reporting – Buried Alive & standing on his child’s grave
By Arunadale Wijeratne and thyaga srimali bandara “Forgive us for wading in mud over the land where you were buried,” a father says. We may be standing on his child’s grave. The heartbeat of the dead is silenced now, but the heartbeat of the living can be heard louder exposing acutely personal emotions. Those who were killed do not hear the heartbeat of the living. The living people also do not hear the heartbeat of the dead. A wailing mother mutters something They don’t want food, or water. They are weeping for the dead as if to send messages to the dead through the soil under which they are buried. Death is not begged and it is not an offering given to beggars. But, death has become beggars’ […]