Development short stories: a job opportunity in Sri Lanka

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the UK’s Institute of Development Studies held a short story competition for members and research partners, to encourage fiction writing on development. We publish the three winning entriesSecond prize: The Interview by Madhushala SenaratneThe villa stood at the end of a shabby street, where, along the street’s sides, crooked shanties cropped up like overgrown grass. The street was usually quiet, but there were times when it wasn’t.