Anandan Idayavanan
I live in the Second Division of Atampitiya and study at the Uva Highlands Tamil College. Although I had a desire to learn photography from a young age, I never got the opportunity. However, I finally got the opportunity to get involved with this program.
It was not just a photoshoot, it was an opportunity to learn about the way of life and the problems of the Tamil community beyond the beauty of the plantations. I went to various estates and heard about the problems people were facing. I was convinced that their lives had not changed through the years and that they were like kundumani seeds in a pile of rubbish. These photographs can be depicted as an opportunity to highlight those lives and their culture to the world outside.