The Voice of Silence

Appuhamilage, Udeni Hanchapola

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The Voice of Silence

Date

2014

Authors

Appuhamilage, Udeni Hanchapola

Abstract

Silence; have you ever wondered if silence speaks? If it does, then how it speaks? My research is about silence, but a very particular sort. In 2006, I started working as a clinical psychologist in Sri Lanka, working with conflict affected communities. They told me stories of war related violence, infuriating injustices and immense human resiliance.