On the Indian mainland, across the waters, arrive the Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, an unending stream of people dispossessed of their lands and Gods, to an uncertain future with ever receding hopes of return.

Leena Manimekalai encourages you to question the concept of nation states in this probing feature about the challenges faced by a community of Sri Lankan-Tamil refugee fishermen. With active participation from locals, Sengadal: The Dead Sea offers an evocative account of the plight of the displaced.