India, Dec. 2 -- By Ayushi Agarwal

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): In a deeply moving address in New Delhi, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Mahishini Colonne, spoke of her nation reeling from the unprecedented destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah, while expressing profound gratitude for India's rapid and generous assistance.

"We meet at a time of immense difficulty for Sri Lanka," she began, recalling how the cyclone tore across the island with devastating force. "Over 410 lives have been lost as of this morning, 336 remain missing, thousands are displaced, and the damage to homes, schools, livelihoods, and infrastructure is immense."

With entire communities in mourning and others beginning the painful task of rebuildin...