Australia bound ... at any cost

By Alana Rosenbaum
October 17 2012 - 3:00am
Tushanthan's mother Rani in Chennai, India
Tushanthan's mother Rani in Chennai, India
Rani holds a photo of Tushanthan, who paid to travel by boat to Australia.
Rani holds a photo of Tushanthan, who paid to travel by boat to Australia.

IN KARAN'S recurring nightmare, a great wave sweeps his teenage children overboard and he watches as they drown. He knows he should dive in after them, but he feels paralysed and all he can do is fumble with the straps and buckles of his life vest in a vain attempt to secure it. Before he can rescue them, he is awake and drenched in perspiration.

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