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Her village, Thalgaswewa in Kurunegala district, now finds itself on the frontlines of a worsening conflict between humans and elephants.

At my parents’ home in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, as at many others across South Asia, curry leaf trees grow in the backyard, suffusing the air with a slight earthiness.

The government said a small town and a village in the Kurunegala district, about 100 kilometers northeast of Colombo, were placed on lockdown.

The government said a small town and a village in the Kurunegala district, about 100 kilometers northeast of Colombo, were placed on lockdown.

One Muslim community leader told me that Hashim had married a woman from the central town of Kurunegala.