COLOMBO -- For me this catastrophe is personal. I am half Sri Lankan, and Colombo is my hometown. After an almost three-decade absence, I returned to Sri Lanka in my 40s and spent a decade traveling its length and breadth to write a travel memoir.
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Vehicles line up to buy petrol in Colombo on June 17. Long lines are a common sight across Sri Lanka due to a fuel shortage. © Reuters
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