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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Is available for purchase through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other online stores plus at your local reseller. Sacred Tears Perfect Bound Softcover $20.93 Save 12%. Sacred Tears Casebound Hardcover $28.21 Save 12%. Sacred Tears eBook – $3.99.
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Sacred Tears – The Sinhalese
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Kandyan Bride and Groom in traditional dress. Sri Lanka’s largest group of people. The Sinhalese are the principal ethnic group in. Century BC. It has been influenced by many languages, prominently Pāli. And has borrowed words from other Indian languages...
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Sacred Tears – European Colonial Rule
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Before Sri Lanka was Sri Lanka. Portugal’s Sri Lanka was Ceilao. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to visit the island (now named. Spice trade under Portuguese control. Facing their own religious persecution, retreated to the central highlands.
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Sacred Tears – Background
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Sri Lankan roots and real life. Entering Mihintale, Sri Lanka. Much of what I write about in my books is based on real events both in and outside of Sri Lanka. The pages in this section present the non-fiction background to Sacred Tears. February 27, 2014.
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Sacred Tears – Sri Lankan Civil War
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Sri Lankan Civil War. Sri Lankan Civil War. The Tamil Tigers, the Sinhalese and Sri Lanka. The roots of the conflict can be traced back to the invasion of the island by the Chola dynasty. Century, when waves of Tamil immigrants. Ethnic riots in 1977 led ...
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Sacred Tears – Resources
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Three official languages are used in Sri Lanka. In this section you will find resources that I believe, will enhance your overall reading experience. Sri Lankans have their own way of speaking English. Many Sinhalese. And discussion points are ideas that...
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Sacred Tears – The Tamils
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Tamil Hindu procession, Sri Lanka. From south India to northern Sri Lanka. Tamils are the descendants of different waves of immigrants from south India who settled in the northern parts of. Most Sri Lankan Tamils are from the Jaffna. Tourism & Places.
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Sacred Tears – Indian Involvement
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). India’s attempt to broker peace in Sri Lanka. Initially under Indira Gandhi and later under Rajiv Gandhi, the Indian government sympathized with the Tamil separatist movement. Peace, war and ultimate defeat. Indian Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka 1988.
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Sacred Tears – Sacred Tears Backstory
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Sri Lanka – A changed country. Was many years in the making. The idea for the story came to me after the outbreak of civil war. While at the UN, Sri Lanka changed. We had been to Jaffna. The incidents that followed the massacre of the Sinhalese. The stor...
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Sacred Tears – Discussion Points
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Book 1 – Sacred Tears. Book 2 – The Sullen Hills. Book 3 – No More Tears. Sri Lankan Civil War. Stories From The Field. History & Culture. Tourism & Places. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Kandy, Sri Lanka. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Pada (Adams Peak). Why do you think the author has dedicated alternative chapters to each main character? How did this affect the story and your appreciation of the book? Which character could you relate to best and why? Was the action believable? Do they grow or mature?