Immigration: The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Jaffna: A city and port on the Jaffna peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka; population 151,600 (est. 2007).
Curry: A dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of strong spices. Name given by the British (it means ‘sauce’ in Tamil) to an Indian dish of stewed meat or vegetables. It is served with a pungent sauce whose components and pungency vary. Curry is a part of the main meals in Sri Lankan Tamil foods and several curies are eaten with one grain at these meals.