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This short story provides a reflection on what it means to belong as a returnee member of the diaspora. The main character Mavan, a young Tamil man, returns to Sri Lanka to reunite with his family and is confronted by questions of how much of his real self he can reveal to risk persecution or worse.
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Paramanathan, G. (2020). Lionheart. In: Kandasamy, N., Perera, N., Ratnam, C. (eds) A Sense of Viidu. Palgrave Pivot, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1369-5_3
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