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On World Refugee Day, cuisines from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Myanmar, came together in Chennai

On World Refugee Day, cuisines from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Myanmar, came together in Chennai

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From the Sri Lankan kitchen at the Refugee Food Festival, Chennai. Where there is food, there is hope.The cobbled pathways of Semmozhi Poonga transformed into a packed fete, as several asylum seekers from Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, offered Chennaites a delectable variety of traditional delicacies from their homeland on June 24 and 25, as […]

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Sri Lankan refugee women bring culinary delicacies to a food festival in Chennai

Sri Lankan refugee women bring culinary delicacies to a food festival in Chennai

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Olai Puttu, a restaurant based in Thoothukudi, specialises in traditional Sri Lankan food prepared by women from refugee camps in and around Thoothukudi. It is supported by NGOs Organisation For Elangai Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR), UNHCR and Tamil Nadu Government. It serves dishes such an puttu, idiyappam and meen kuzhambu prepared by the women. | Photo […]

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