When Memory DiesA powerful three-generational saga of a Sri Lankan family's search for coherence and continuity in a country broken by colonial occupation and riven by ethnic wars. Winner of the Sagittarius Prize. Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize |
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Page 84
... Labour Party Conference around July 1928 , and meet some of the Labour people . Tissa was excited by the invitation . Not only was it a recognition of his Chief as the authentic voice of the working class in Ceylon by no less than the ...
... Labour Party Conference around July 1928 , and meet some of the Labour people . Tissa was excited by the invitation . Not only was it a recognition of his Chief as the authentic voice of the working class in Ceylon by no less than the ...
Page 104
... Labour conference . ' Tissa underlined Labour . ' OK , OK , labour leaders then . How about Nehru ? Was he there ? ' Saha had been out of Colombo the whole of July and had missed out on most of the newspaper reports . ' Did you get to ...
... Labour conference . ' Tissa underlined Labour . ' OK , OK , labour leaders then . How about Nehru ? Was he there ? ' Saha had been out of Colombo the whole of July and had missed out on most of the newspaper reports . ' Did you get to ...
Page 105
... Labour Party and compromise . Saha felt betrayed . ' We are going to have our own Labour Party soon , ' Saha heard Tissa say . " The Chief is working on it . And a Trades Union Congress too , like in England . ' ' What on earth for ...
... Labour Party and compromise . Saha felt betrayed . ' We are going to have our own Labour Party soon , ' Saha heard Tissa say . " The Chief is working on it . And a Trades Union Congress too , like in England . ' ' What on earth for ...
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