When Ghosts Die…

Shortlisted for Gratian Prize 2023

When determined dead spirits launch an agitation (called Maragalaya) to oust dead politicians from the nation’s most exclusive cemetery, an urn, a teapot and an extraordinarily ordinary woman called Mandara gain unexpected significance. The urn (predictably) carries ashes, hijacked from the dead; and the teapot—shhhh! things that should not be uttered. The nation’s patriotic politicians must stop this urn from reaching Piduruthalagala—will they? And the teapot must be snatched from Mandara now—can they? Perhaps. Perhaps.