Island of a Thousand Mirrors

Yasodhara arrives in Sri Lanka and is reunited with Lanka and Shiva. Saraswathi’s voice quickly interrupts Yasodhara’s narrative to offer a glimpse of her in Colombo as she prepares for her suicide bombing mission. Luxshmi is now in Tiger training camp too.

The narrative shifts back to Yasodhara’s perspective as Shiva recounts his escape from Sri Lanka. Yasodhara is overcome by the “sheer panic of loneliness” when, after an evening of catching up, Lanka and Shiva head to their bedroom together hand in hand (201).

Yasodhara accompanies Lanka as she teaches art classes in Colombo. They visit the markets and cook together before Saraswathi’s narration again interrupts Yasodhara’s voice. Saraswathi briefly outlines the details of her mission before Yasodhara resumes her narrative.

Yasodhara visits her aunt Mala, who has adopted the Tamil girl who was once her servant, finally becoming the mother she always wanted to be. Yasodhara falls into a daily pattern living with Lanka and Shiva. The trio enjoy a blissful reunion period in Colombo and the sites of their youth; the fighting of the civil war seems far away. Siddharth calls to beg Yasodhara to return, and she considers divorcing him.