'Brotherless Night' examines the Sri Lankan Civil War through the eyes of one family
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The Struggles of the Sri Lankan Civil War
The book Brotherless Night is written by Vivi Ganeshananton, who is also of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. The British colonized Sri Lanka and promoted many English-speaking thumbles to work in civil service or government positions. When they left, there was the notion that a majority Sinalese government could redress this inequality. We feel those attacks on the thumbles through this one family, through this one young woman, Sashi.
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