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A story behind the suffering of a Sri Lankan Migrant worker in Saudi Arabia.Kamala a mother of four children facing poverty to manage her family with a drunken worthless husband that sleeps all day getting drunk on moonshine and coconut arrack, he spends all her hard earn money, Kamala works in a local factory paid a low salary and not enough to solve her financial problems. She thinks migrating to a foreign land would be the only hope. The only qualification she has to migrate to a foreign country is to be a housemaid. That salary would be way better than in Sri Lanka, flying to Saudi Arabia as a housemaid would be a dream come true. Yet day after day, Kamala comprehends her mistake and regrets her stupid actions of leaving her beloveds. She is trapped by the secured walls of the Arabian house and by the rules, regulations and her negligence on working. She gets punished by horrific physical and mental abuse by the hands of her employer. Finally trapped her in a room as a punishment with nonpayment of her salary.When she tries to escape she is being physically tortured by the employer with nailing her body feet beating her with chains and sticks. Finally, when she escapes and returns to her motherland, everything what she worked have gone on a waste by her husband and leaving it all for nothing.Why should you read this book? When you Google Sri Lanka all you see is a beautiful island with diverse landscapes that range from plains to highlands, rainforests to lovely sandy beaches, all filled with wildlife and exotic foods. But few know how the Sri Lankan lower middle class suffer. How every day is a challenge for them to make ends meet. How much they suffer to keep their families alive, with insufficient money to feed their children and pay for their education.This why so many Sri Lankan women leave home to become migrant workers to support their families.Meanwhile, corrupt politicians make their fake promises to get elected, then ignore the people who elected them and just want to make money for themselves. They won't protect Sri Lankan migrant workers. Nor will the governments in the Middle East. This shows us how cruel the world is. It is another side of life which many have not seen or ever thought about. A nightmare. Why can't governments take any action about this? Non-government organizations? Anyone at all? When migrant female workers send their hard earn money home with high hopes, husbands usually waste it on alcohol and gambling. Children go astray and get abused. These women and families go from the frying pan into the fire. Time, money, pain all get wasted. Everything ends in tears.This story will give you the inner aspect of the middle-class migrant workers and their lives, how hard they work, how much they sacrifice, how hard they hide their feelings and pain, suffer and struggle to survive every day.It is also a story of the courage and strength a woman may summon to endure and rise above it all. I hope you enjoy this book.
About the Author: Author and prominent businessman Indika Guruge has worked in the realm of real estate And property development for well over eight years. He is a director of The Guruge Group of Companies, a prominent outfit of property development and amusement parks in Sri Lanka. Mr. Guruge has won several industry awards for his work within The Guruge Group and the industry itself, in the area of business management. He also handles several other Companies. Indika is a graduate of Royal College and an Honors graduate of the National University Singapore, having earned his Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management. He has also studied graphic and interior design at the International Academy of Design. Mr. Guruge has also written numerous books and short stories. His other hobbies include art and design, competitive sports and travel. He lives and works in Sri Lanka. FB: www.facebook.com/Author.Indika.Guruge Email: indika@bookvaluepublishing.com


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781979241854
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Weight: 295 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1979241856
  • Publisher Date: 29 Oct 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A story behind the suffering of a Sri Lankan migrant worker in Saudi Arabia
  • Width: 152 mm


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