Tisaranee gunasekara biography of abraham

          The state of Israel and its Jewish identity is based on the biblical narrative of history and genealogy of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – and the..

          The war against words

          by Tisaranee Gunasekara

          “We are accused of terrorism

          If we dare to write about the remains of a homeland….

          About a homeland where birds are not allowed to sing

          About a homeland where writers must use invisible ink….”

          Nizar Qabbani (We are accused of terrorism)

          Had writer VV Ganeshananthan lived in Jaffna instead of New York, she would have been summoned by Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism Investigative Division (CTID) and grilled for a couple of hours over her second book, Brotherless Night.

          As the Vavuniya CTID did with Pradeepan Deepachelvan.

          An Indian atheist like Abraham T Covoor could settle down here and publicly challenge popular beliefs, godmen and even monks without anyone.

        1. Sri Lanka's road to ruin was marked by miracles.
        2. The state of Israel and its Jewish identity is based on the biblical narrative of history and genealogy of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – and the.
        3. Thank you Tisaranee Gunasekara for a brilliant analyses.
        4. (Economic Inquiry), a magazine edited by Tisaranee Gunasekara, a prominent bilingual public intellectual (Gunasekara ).

          5. a young Tamil writer, over his first book, Nadugal (translated into Sinhala by PP Sarath Ananda as Smaraka Shilavatha). He was questioned for over 2 hours on such matters as whether he is trying revive the LTTE.

          I recently sent a letter to a terrorist I used to know.

          With such self-incrimination begins Ms. Ganeshananthan’s book. So much in that one line to keep the C