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Five years from the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, Marco Picardi recalls his tour of the capital, where billboards for numerous redevelopment projects paper over an all-too-common logic of modernisation, eviction, and lack of compensation.

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"Now, it has to be new. If it's not a hotel or an office they don't want it, we cannot live in the city anymore, it's too expensive,” he said in a concerned tone.

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