Unmasking the Empire by Prabodith Mihindukulasuriya Popular Science brave children and their parents

brave children and their parents and guardians

a horrifying past to forget

Democracy Stillborn traces the present plight of Sri Lanka to the battles of the 1920s over the championship of labour by Ponnambalam Arunachalam

so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness

intrigue and desire

Unmasking the Empire by Prabodith Mihindukulasuriya Popular Science brave children and their parentsEvery Sri Lankan schoolchild has heard that E W Perera hid documents in his shoe and sailed to England to seek relief for his fellow citizen from the martial law reprisals following the 1915 Pogrom. However, very little has been known about Perera and D B Jayatilaka accomplished in Britain during their four year campaign for a commission of inquiry. Based on extensive archival research, this book provides a comprehensive account of Perera and