Title: Tamil tigress
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.
Subjects: Biography, Women guerrillas, Guerrillas, Ethnic conflict, Tamil (Indic people), Ethnic identity, Kvinnliga soldater, Gerillarörelser, Tamilska kvinnor, Konflikter, Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association), Autobiography and memoir, Sri lanka, biography, Sri lanka, history
Places: Sri Lanka
People: Niromi De Soyza
Time periods: Sri Lanka