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Sri Lanka: Return to Teardrop Island - Part One

Rajan Datar journeys through Sri Lanka, exploring local life and culture from the western coasts to its northernmost city. He joins a project to future-proof coastal communities by replanting coral.

Rajan Datar journeys through Sri Lanka, exploring local life and culture from the western coasts to its northernmost city. It is 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the nation on Boxing Day in 2004 and, in this programme, Rajan joins a project that is on a mission to future-proof coastal communities by replanting coral.

In Colombo he gets a guided tour from celebrity actor Nimmi Harasgama, and finds out how the artistic community here reacted during the 2022 protests.

Finally, Rajan travels to Yala National Park and comes face to face with some of Sri Lanka's most iconic wildlife, and asks how elephants and humans can live side by side.

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Fri 23 Feb 2024 08:30

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