|
|
Article: Half fairy tale, half nightmare
- Article from:
- The Sunday Observer
- Article date:
- April 26, 2009
CopyrightCopyright © HT Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Colombo, April 26 -- Continuing the narrative from last week where Dhammika talked to us about his life in New York as an undocumented immigrant,over four steaming mugs of coffee at the Dunkin Donut round the corner, his roommate Shanthe, who has been in New York for over eight years, tells us how he had got visa to enter the USA. But before he begins he says he hopes no one else would even attempt to accomplish such a foolish venture. Looking back now, he wishes he had not been lured by the fairy tale life he had expected New York to be.
The turning point in his life had come when his brother-in-law who was already in New York working in a video parlour on 42nd Street, had invited Shanthe ...