In "Homes Wrapped in Cloth, Borders Raised in Flags", Hema Shironi recalls geographies, borders and boundaries of her generation's embodied memories. She confronts the human cost of war; she unearths camouflaged truths; and she contests manufactured lies and wilful blindness. She prompts her audience to engage with multiple truths, many histories and many experiences of Sri Lankans that go beyond any single narrative - beyond territories and boundaries, and structures and frames. In this, "Homes Wrapped in Cloth, Borders Raised in Flags" is ultimately, a yearning for hope.

–Excerpt from text by Radhika Hettiarachchi

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