Tamil tigress
Subtitle: my story as a child soldier in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war
By: Niromi de Soyza
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781742375182
Subjects: Biography; Women guerrillas; Guerrillas; Ethnic conflict; Tamil (Indic people); Ethnic identity; Kvinnliga soldater; Gerillarörelser; Tamilska kvinnor; Konflikter; Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Description: In 1987, 17-year old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Now married and living in suburban Sydney, this is her story of her time as a guerrilla.
Notes: Tamil and Sinhala words translated into English, p. 306-307.
Table of contents: title: The ambush; title: The house of my grandmother; title: Anger and frustration; title: Dead and buried; title: For the greater good; title: An act of betrayal; title: A tiger named Roshan; title: A military-style training base; title: There's still time to change your mind; title: I knew it wouldn't last forever; title: Experience of the battlefield; title: A break in the hostilities; title: Trying to ignore my reality; title: The last few moments of life; title: Where it all ends; title: The dream beyond reach; title: The jungle hide-out; title: Extraordinary days; title: Where do I go from here?; title: Afterwards.