SRI LANKA: WITNESS TO HISTORY By S Sivanayagam

www.eelamstore.com SRI LANKA: WITNESS TO HISTORY By S Sivanayagam: "Subramaniam Sivanayagam, born in Jaffna, Ceylon in 1930 during British colonial rule in Jaffna He was founder editor of the Jaffna based Saturday Review, which was banned by the Sri Lanka government on 1 July 1983. Fleeing to India as a refugee, he soon headed the Madras branch of the Tamil Information Centre, London. While in India he edited the fortnightly Tamil Nation. Previously he had written for the Tamil Times, London and later for the Tamil Voice International under the pen name Kurushetran. Incarcerated in India for a one year jail term under the National Security Act, and further detained under police guard at the Madras hospital for six months - for no other reason than the fact that his views were found unpalatable to the establishment - he left India under duress in January 1993. Mr. Sivanayagam is the author of the book - The Pen and the Gun, a compilation of his political writings over a period of twenty years. The book was launched in London in January 2000."