Tamil-Canadian settlerhood and the politics of remembrance Illustration by Sindu Sivayogam We arrive in Mullivaikkal as the sun peaks. My bare feet sink into hot sand that is peppered with the remnants of the livelihoods of the people whose blood soaked this Earth. Here, I find ghosts: the chatter of people who look like me, the outlines of bodies crouched under blue tarp shelters, and the smell of rice and water. The air here is soaked in anguish and grief; it is drenched in longing. Here, I...
