YAL DEVI

The train, “Yal Devi” (the Queen of Jaffna), that used to connect the Northern and the Southern parts of Sri Lanka, is no longer running her full journey after she became a victim to a bomb blast carried out by the LTTE (one of the most ruthless terrorist groups in the world that is fighting for a separate Tamil homeland within Sri Lanka). The fictional story depicts how the ethnic conflict originated back in Sri Lanka has spilled over to those settled in Los Angeles where a Sinhala chap, Manoj, fell in love with a Tamil girl, Savithri. Savithri’s family settled in the US after escaping the Sinhala-Tamil riots in Sri Lanka (July, 1983). Yoga who still holds the grudge against the Sinhalese tries to break up the relationship between Manoj & Savithri. How will he do it and will he succeed? Most importantly, considering the story as a metaphor for the overall peace in Sri Lanka, will there be peace again in Sri Lanka for “Yal Devi” to reunite the North & the South of this beautiful island nation?