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May 18, 2022 | Toronto Star<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Still a toddler, Katpana Nagendra saw her family home in Colombo set on fire during the anti-Tamil riots in 1983. Her mother, with Nagendra and her sister in tow, fled to the north of Sri Lanka and ultimately resettled in Canada two years later as sponsored refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many Tamil Canadians, the Vancouver woman says the decades-long conflicts with the Sri Lankan government and the fight for justice for her people have always played a huge part in her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more…<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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