Return to Sri Lanka
Razeen Sally
- **'Sally's
- book
- is
- an
- exemplar
- of
- the
- best
- in
- the
- genre'
- Krishnan
- Srinivasan,
- The
- StatesmanA
- blend
- of
- travel
- writing,
- memoir,
- history
- and
- current
- affairs
- that
- tells
- the
- story
- of
- Sri
- Lanka.
- A
- perfect
- read
- for
- first-time
- visitors,
- Sri
- Lankans
- abroad
- or
- at
- home,
- or
- anyone
- looking
- to
- deepen
- their
- understanding
- of
- one
- of
- the
- world’s
- most
- fascinating
- and
- paradoxical
- countries.**Razeen
- Sally
- was
- born
- to
- a
- Sri
- Lankan
- Muslim
- father
- and
- a
- Welsh
- mother.
- Just
- before
- his
- teens,
- a
- political
- conflict
- tore
- his
- family
- apart
- and
- he
- left
- Sri
- Lanka,
- barely
- going
- back
- for
- thirty
- years.When
- he
- finally
- returned
- ‘home’,
- he
- spent
- much
- of
- the
- next
- decade
- crisscrossing
- the
- island,
- trying
- to
- understand
- this
- paradoxical
- place.
- Blessed
- with
- nature’s
- bounty
- and
- an
- easy,
- pleasure-loving
- people,
- it
- was
- nevertheless
- scarred
- by
- ethnic
- conflict
- and
- the
- violence
- of
- civil
- war.As
- a
- native
- and
- a
- tourist,
- Sally
- makes
- an
- ideal
- guide
- to
- Sri
- Lanka’s
- past
- and
- present.
- He
- won’t
- tell
- you
- which
- restaurant
- has
- the
- best
- reviews
- or
- the
- price
- of
- a
- hotel
- room.
- Instead,
- he
- will
- accompany
- you
- like
- a
- learned
- friend,
- sharing
- his
- journeys,
- pointing
- out
- the
- unmissable
- gems
- beyond
- the
- obvious
- spots,
- and
- unpacking
- the
- nation’s
- culture
- and
- history.
- Insightful,
- intimate
- and
- moving,
- Return
- to
- Sri
- Lanka
- is
- an
- indispensable
- book,
- whether
- you're
- already
- familiar
- with
- this
- spectacular
- country,
- or
- planning
- your
- first visit.
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