Sri Lanka - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Sri Lanka Index / Locations Transcripts Denise O'Brien ...women farmers from around the world— Sri Lanka and India—and had just a really goo... Jeffrey Feltman ...places like Colombia, when I started, Sri Lanka , Ukraine, do not have politica... Dalai Lama ...friends from Thailand, from Burma, from Sri Lanka , Buddhist brothers, Buddhist monks... Krish Vignarajah ... Dive right to it. I was born in Sri Lanka . My parents were part of the religiou... ...incredibly fearful having a newborn in Sri Lanka in 1979, 1980. Riots had begun... ...though you can't remember what Sri Lanka was like at nine months. You told ... ...so much of their family remained in Sri Lanka . Much of my childhood, the country wa... ...like you told me the story of going to Sri Lanka , tell me the story of how you wer... ...opportunity when we were able to escape Sri Lanka and come to America. I know that m... ...three years old now, to a place like Sri Lanka or elsewhere, just to understand th... Show more... Related Topics go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities go to the Immigration Immigration