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Trapped in flames of hate
Tales of horror abound. Beaten, slashed even while pregnant, and severely burnt. Not by strangers but by the very lovers and husbands who have turned into monsters. In some cases it was love at first sight, in others it was after a longer association – but for most of the victims their lives have taken a tragic pathway, leaving them mutilated, disfigured and disabled. Their young lives will never, ever be the same again.
Blowing back to a red-hot history

Centuries ago, Arab writer Al Kindi referred to Sarandibi steel. Now comes the evidence that there had been in ancient Sri Lanka a large scale and highly successful metal producing industry which was based on a smelting and furnace design driven by the wind that only died out after the Chola invasion.
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