Muthu Rajendram came to Birmingham from Jaffna in 1987. He has spent the years since working, raising a family, and, in every spare hour, gardening. His allotment in Handsworth is unlike anything else in the neighbourhood: murungai, kathiri, kovakkai, murunga keerai — plants whose Tamil names his British-born grandchildren are now learning, along with the stories that go with them.
The Grandfather's Garden: Growing Tamil Vegetables in Birmingham
One man's project to cultivate forgotten northern Tamil crops in his Midlands allotment has become a story of memory, migration, and meaning.
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