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Sri Lanka: Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained
This illustrated volume is a colorful description of the island of Sri Lanka, including its geography, its people, and their cultures and customs. In it, Michael Naseby provides an eye-opening look at the political landscape of Sri Lanka over the last fifty years, including an in-depth and highly personal perspective on the thirty-year civil war against the Tamil Tigers.
Naseby’s first visit to the island was in 1963 to handle a crisis in Colombo. Over the course of more than twenty visits to the island since, Naseby has been an official observer at a number of presidential and general elections, witnessed the opening of the Victoria Dam as an official guest, supported the Sri Lankan government and people through a near-thirty year civil war, and played a key role in the UK’s aid response to the devastating tsunami of 2004. Indeed, a year later, the president of Sri Lanka presented Naseby with the nation’s highest honor for the Sri Lanka Rathna, awarded for “exceptional and outstanding service to the nation.”
This book is a powerful memoir that chronicles fifty years of enduring friendship between a British politician and the people of Sri Lanka. The author’s recollections offer commentary on the political landscape of a nation ravaged by civil war and explores its relationships with the western world.
Naseby’s first visit to the island was in 1963 to handle a crisis in Colombo. Over the course of more than twenty visits to the island since, Naseby has been an official observer at a number of presidential and general elections, witnessed the opening of the Victoria Dam as an official guest, supported the Sri Lankan government and people through a near-thirty year civil war, and played a key role in the UK’s aid response to the devastating tsunami of 2004. Indeed, a year later, the president of Sri Lanka presented Naseby with the nation’s highest honor for the Sri Lanka Rathna, awarded for “exceptional and outstanding service to the nation.”
This book is a powerful memoir that chronicles fifty years of enduring friendship between a British politician and the people of Sri Lanka. The author’s recollections offer commentary on the political landscape of a nation ravaged by civil war and explores its relationships with the western world.
224 pages, Hardcover
Published February 8, 2021
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