Tasha Manoranjan
Currently at: A Congressional Office Being Tamil didn't mean much of anything to me during my childhood. It didn't mean much until I visited Sri Lanka and saw what being Tamil meant there. It meant being afraid every time you walked by a soldier or police officer. It meant being viewed as a second-class citizen. It meant being attacked periodically, in state-sponsored pogroms. It meant crying in underground bunkers when the government's Air Force jets flew overhead. It meant I don't know whether the children I taught English to are now alive, injured or dead. It meant I have a unique opportunity as a Tamil in America to act as a voice for Tamils silenced in Sri Lanka. Meals Sacrificed
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The Eight
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