Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost


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The tropical islands of Sri Lanka have enchanted visitors for centuries through palm fringed beaches, ancient cities, and sacred sites nestled alongside verdant mountains and wildlife-filled jungles. But away from the picture postcard vistas, the serendipitous isle hides a fragmented heart torn apart by decades of bloody civil war between the majority Sinhala state and the island's aggrieved Tamil minority concentrated across the northern regions.

What began as post-independence tensions over language rights and economic marginalization soon metastasized into ethnic riots, mob violence and the emergence of a fearsome militant group called the "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam" fighting ruthlessly to establish an independent homeland for Tamils - "Tamil Eelam". Their violent insurgency against government forces raged intermittently from 1983 onwards for over 25 years leaving over 100,000 people dead and many more displaced before the controversial climax in 2009.

This book traces that long running conflict while capturing perspectives and individual stories from people on all sides who helplessly watched Sri Lanka's descent into chaos. It weaves personal experiences of affected civilians alongside protagonists like Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and Presidents Chandrika Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa among others to construct a visceral yet even handed narrative arc.

Through the interwoven stories, the novel will illuminate the origins, escalation and human costs of the conflict while profiling how political failures, ethnic tensions and competing nationalisms made violence appear inevitable. It explores the brutal violence unleashed by the Tamils' armed struggle for independence as government crackdowns hit civilians hard. The narrative builds towards the unavoidable climax made inexorable by uncompromising personalities and absolutist visions on both sides of the ethnic divide.

The book tries capturing the psychological trauma, family sagas and costs borne over decades by innocents like farmers Sundaram, teacher Lakshmi or fisherman Singham shattered by shellfire, displacements and demonization as collateral damage. It occasionally foreshadows their tragic ends through ominous metaphors of the land soaking up far too much blood without closure. But the bigger question that haunts every gripping chapter is whether the island's ruptured communities can somehow reconcile and forge an inclusive Sri Lankan identity from the horrors that bind their memories?

Moving through time towards the present day, the novel also reflectively unpacks the unfinished war's complex legacy a decade later. It explores continuing trauma, international calls for justice over alleged state atrocities and the challenges to reconciliation under martial law in Tamil regions. Through interwoven story arcs, the narrative probes unhealed wounds, the human costs of extremism and the fragile hopes still nurtured by survivors for their children to finally know enduring peace rather than inherited prejudice.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798873139101
  • Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: People Torn Apart by Sri Lankan Civil War
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8873139108
  • Publisher Date: 27 Dec 2023
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 86
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 177 gr


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