Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- "Unaffected, the Kelani River Flows," Amali Anupama Mallawarachchi's 31st poem in her "Graveyard My Back Garden" poetry collection, states. Amali's imagination also flows through the pages unaffected, sometimes even hard to be digested by the Sri Lankan "well frogs." Amali's poetry collection consists of 37 poems, divided into two segments: "Meteors and Fireflies" and "Crows and Carcasses."

What grabbed my attention was segment two, "Crows and Carcasses." Amali takes risks in addressing contemporary social issues. That is what struck a chord in me-aren't we like carcasses picked by the administrative crows in this country?

Amali does not focus her "unaffected" writing on one theme. She picks different social incide...