#MeToo
#MeToo Read this story with three distinct episodes and figure out who the winners and losers are. It took me a lot of courage to write this story of grit with three seemingly unconnected segments. Stay with me till the end for the synopsis. The stories contain sexual violence. 1st episode in junior high school W hen I was in high school, grades nine and ten were a drama of their own. But, in a same-sex boys-only premium school in Colombo city, I learned to adapt quickly to the new environment. Within a short time, I made many new friends, and life went on. Only sometimes. There was this big boy, Mangala, from another class. He was a bully and lived close to the school. He was over eighteen years old and a gangster. He roamed the school unhindered, being the bully he was. He was famous for abusing younger boys. The boys avoided him on school grounds out of fear should they draw attention to them. On his radar was my friend, Merrill, a handsome boy with good looks. Mangala wa...