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“Double Arthur, monkey" rattled the Fort Operator to her counterpart in Dehiwala. She was trying to get my name written down properly. The Postmaster at the Fort GPO tells me it should take 4 hours to reach my home in Dehiwala once the message is dispatched." Follow photographer Aamina Nizar as she explores the history and journey of a telegram as the 150 year old service came to an end in late 2013. Following the announcement of the decision to stop the telegram service in Sri Lanka, The Picture Press commissioned Aamina to document the twilight of the telegram.Via http://thepicturepress.org/twilight-of-the-telegram/source: thepicturepress.org