SRI LANKA
All's fair in love
An Asian custom where women offer dowry to males kept women subjugated to men in marriage for decades. But the tsunami wore away or totally eroded this custom, leaving a level playing field where almost everyone is penniless, paving the way for love to bloom.INDONESIA
Sudden Freedom
Prisoner one day. Free man another. The tsunamis allowed several inmates at a prison in Aceh to run free. Now, nine months later - will they return?SRI LANKA
Healing the pain
Mental health, ignored by the health ministry for many years, has come to the fore after the Dec 26 tsunami as many survivors deal with trauma of losing loved ones. A peek into this once neglected area, and how it gradually opens itself up to scrutiny.SRI LANKA
The changing face of alcoholism
A frowned-upon but tolerated problem, alcohol abuse is on the rise in Eastern Sri Lanka— where painful family and property losses have caused many unlikely suspects to turn to drink to forget their sorrows.INDONESIA