'May 17 2009, I saw my dad for the last time' - Teenage Mullivaikkal survivor

Kalaiyarasi Kanagalingam, a now 15-year-old survivor of Mullivaikkal, spoke about the last memory of her father and the importance of Tamil genocide recognition at a conference hosted at the Houses of Parliament in October 2019. May 17th, 2009 was the last time she saw her father. We have reproduced her full speech to the conference below. "Hello, my name is Kalaiyarasi Kanagalingam, I am 14 years old and I go to Burntwood High School in Wandsworth. I'm here today to speak about how my life has been affected by what happened in 2009. 2009 was the most memorable and painful year of my life...