{"product_id":"sri-lanka-voices-from-war-zone-ide669","title":"SRI LANKA: Voices From A War Zone","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDE669\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-author\/nirupama%20subramanian\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Nirupama Subramanian\"\u003eNirupama Subramanian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-publisher\/penguin%20books%20india%20pvt%20ltd\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.\"\u003ePenguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2005\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0670058289\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e248 (Map: 1)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e8.8\" X 5.8\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e They were ordinary people - farmers, fisherfolk, businessmen, pensioners, housewives and school children - until a relentless war machine invaded their lives. These are their stories - stories of intense suffering but also of great courage, resilience and dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Nirupama Subramanian, a journalist who spent seven years reporting the vicious face-off between Sri Lanka's government and the separatist LTTE, criss-crossed the towns and villages of a beautiful but ravaged island to uncover these 'little histories' as she calls them - of children forcibly recruited into Tiger training camps; of parents waiting for mass graves to reveal their bleak secrets; of people fleeing their homes in war zones only to become prisoners in refugee camps; of the families of the missing who still wait and hope; of women in the maid-trade bonded in virtual slavery in foreign lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Woven into these narratives are the larger stories - of a President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, elected with a massive mandate for peace but trapped in a war so intense that she was unable to make good her promise; and of Tiger supreme Vellupillai Prabhakaran, trapped too, but in a cage fashioned out of his own egoism and ruthlessness - one he never dare leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e As Sri Lanka searches for an elusive peace, read this book to understand the price that Sri Lankans have paid for a war that has raged for over twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Nirupama Subramanian is a journalist who has covered Sri Lanka for seven years. From 1996 to 2002. She was based in Colombo as correspondent for the Indian Express and later the Hindu. She is now Special Correspondent of the Hindu in Chennai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"7\"\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eix\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003exiii\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"100%\"\u003eCertain is Death for the Born\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExodus\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Shadow Line\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVictory Impossible\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaid to Measure\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e74\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLike a Line Drawn on Water\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e87\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Ghosts of Chemmani\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e100\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Tiger-Trappers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e117\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Smell of Death\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e133\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Body Monk of Polonnaruwa\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e'Give us Your Children'\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e167\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Tiger in his Cage\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e185\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTrouble in Trincomalee\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e199\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eAfterword\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e213\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eTimeline\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e222\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eList of Acronyms\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e226\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e228\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44619362337069,"sku":"IDE669","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/sri_lanka_voices_from_a_war_zone_ide669.jpg?v=1677758126","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/products\/sri-lanka-voices-from-war-zone-ide669","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}