Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaantje is the story of Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, who returns to his home country, Sri Lanka, after living fifteen years in abroad. As a worker at the United Nations Human Rights Center, Anil intends to investigate the deeply buried skeletons; political assassinations, kidnappings and cases of silent disappearances novel is set against the backdrop of a suffering and violated Sri Lanka, repeating throughout the statement that “The reason for the war was the war” (43). This clarifies why Ondaantje does not delve into the question of why the country is locked in gruesome political dispute which involves daily disappearances, fear, mass killings and cover-up murders. Against the elusive backdrop of war, Ondaatje plays with the aspect of healing; healing of the evergreen Sri Lanka, its people and their lives This article I will examine healing, which is harmoniously attuned to the aspect of nature and is a recurring theme throughout the novel. The novel is set in the lush green island of Sri Lanka, rich in nature's presence. The generosity of nature in the small island gives the chance to regenerate life. In the midst of the deadly environment the abundance of nature represents the abundance of life, so the fact that the land of Sri Lanka is so fertile does not only mean life, but also nature since Anil claims that a bush could grow even if it spits on the ground (<). The dual role of nature, regenerating and degenerating, is intertwined in the melancholy and murky atmosphere of the novel. All the Sri Lankan characters consciously or unconsciously relate to nature and to some extent Anil is also in tune with it. There is a subtle presence of natural elements; water, earth and fire are the most important...... in the center of the card...... to reconstruct and repaint the sacred eyes of the mutilated Buddha in the Netra Mangla ritual. His restoration of the Buddha's sacred eyes results in an epiphany: "the evolving moment when the eyes, reflected in the mirror, would see him, fall into him" (306). Suddenly he looks at the natural world again as he exposes his senses to the elements of the island: "with human sight he saw all the fibers of natural history around him... He could feel every current of wind... the smell of petrol and grenade… The sound of the noise… There was a seduction for him here” (307; emphasis added). loving and healing gesture from the nephew: 'He felt the boy's worried hand on his. This sweet touch from the world” (307) evokes the hope of healing for Sri Lanka and its people.