Category: Sri Lanka

Few Americans know much about Sri Lanka. I was one of them until I read this book. I decided it was time to learn more after I was named to the president’s leadership council of a prominent Asian-focused non-governmental development foundation and then was invited to visit and assess the country operations in Sri Lanka,…

One of my first surprises was how little information there is available on Sri Lankan history, especially the quarter-century civil war that bled the country white. When I asked Sri Lankan-based staff from the foundation which books I should read before arriving they recommended novels, such as “Anil’s Ghost” and “The Legend of Pradeep Mathew.”…

Few Americans know much about Sri Lanka. I was one of them until I read this book. I decided it was time to learn more after I was named to the president’s leadership council of a prominent Asian-focused non-governmental development foundation and then was invited to visit and assess the country operations in Sri Lanka,…