{"id":58992,"date":"2012-11-06T12:40:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T12:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=58992"},"modified":"2012-11-06T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T12:59:43","slug":"mia-looks-back-to-go-forward-im-making-space-for-new-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mia-looks-back-to-go-forward-im-making-space-for-new-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"MIA Looks Back To Go Forward : &#8216;I&#8217;m Making Space For New Thoughts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At six months old <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/page\/5\/?s=MIA&amp;x=8&amp;y=8\">MIA<\/a><\/span> left England for her parents&#8217; native Sri Lanka. She lived there and in India while her father campaigned for a separate Tamil state. His political activism forced the family back to London where Maya would eventually attend college at Saint Martins College of Art and Design. The prestigious school counts English artistic legends including Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney as alumni.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2012\/nov\/05\/mia-music-interview-career\">Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mia-looks-back-to-go-forward-im-making-space-for-new-thoughts\/mia-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58996\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-58996 lazyload\" title=\"MIA\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MIA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"811\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MIA-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MIA-786x1024.jpg 786w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 622px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 622\/811;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":58999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402],"tags":[6215,6214],"class_list":["post-58992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice","tag-artist-mathangi-maya-arulpragasm","tag-mia-s-documentary-and-album"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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