An edition of Tamil tigress
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Tamil tigress
my story as a child soldier in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war
by Niromi De Soyza
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In 1987, 17-year old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Now married and living in suburban Sydney, this is her story of her time as a guerrilla.
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Biography, Women guerrillas, Guerrillas, Ethnic conflict, Tamil (Indic people), Ethnic identity, Kvinnliga soldater, Gerillarörelser, Tamilska kvinnor, Konflikter, Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association), Autobiography and memoir, Sri lanka, biography, Sri lanka, historyPeople
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Tamil tigress: my story as a child soldier in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war
2011, Allen & Unwin
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1742375189 9781742375182
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Table of Contents
The ambush
The house of my grandmother
Anger and frustration
Dead and buried
For the greater good
An act of betrayal
A tiger named Roshan
A military-style training base
There's still time to change your mind
I knew it wouldn't last forever
Experience of the battlefield
A break in the hostilities
Trying to ignore my reality
The last few moments of life
Where it all ends
The dream beyond reach
The jungle hide-out
Extraordinary days
Where do I go from here?
Afterwards.
Edition Notes
Tamil and Sinhala words translated into English, p. 306-307.
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