“Kannan Arunasalam is a Sri Lankan-born British journalist and filmmaker. He’s created an oral history project to preserve the memories and stories of Sri Lanka’s elderly from different regions, communities and walks of life. He tells us why he started the project and what he discovered about Sri Lanka – its past and present – by listening to the people who have known the country longest. He is joined by Priyath Linyanage, Editor of the BBC’s Sinhala language service who shares his thoughts on some of the stories recorded for the project.” Interview with BBC World Serivce, 5th Floor about the I Am project, 11 October 2014