Book fair, Nandikadal and seeking justice for telling truth

Colombo International Book Fair where tens of thousands of people lined up for a period of 10 days was over last Sunday. Most went to buy books and some for just pleasure as another outing. The book; ‘Road to Nadikadal’ by retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne was the highly sold book in the fair or the best attraction of the all the book fair ever held. The book was launched recently at a function held at the Ananda College, Colombo.

The reports from the BMICH said that all the copies of the book were sold out within the first 30 minutes, of the first day of the book fair. Normally, a novel is printed only 1,000 copies and if a book receives a higher demand, it goes to 2,000 or 3,000 copies. However, the book by retired Major General Gunaratne went for 7,000 by the fifth day of the book fair.

Gunaratne’s book is completely based on his battlefield

Order Please!!! "උසාවිය නිහඬයි"

P.S. (The screening of the film has been banned till Oct 19 by a court order) 
“Silence in the courts” is the first documentary film by well known film maker Prasanna Vithanage, who has directed seven feature films, all highly acclaimed and recipients of numerous local and international awards.  In his maiden documentary Vithanage explores the theme of abuse, focusing on high ranking officials of the judicial service. 

The 57-minute documentary film which has already been screened in Russia and India as well as shown to selected audiences in Sri Lanka, Vithanage narrates a story of a magistrate who sexually abuses the wives of suspects. It is a true story which was first ignored by the media but later brought to public attention in the 1990s thanks to the relentless investigative efforts of the Ravaya and its then editor, Victor Ivan.  The story of how a woman is repeatedly spurned as she seeks help is probably indicative of the plight of many in her situation. She goes to the Judicial Service Commission, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and the Lawyers for Human Rights and Development headed by Kalyananda Thiranagama.