{"id":56705,"date":"2012-10-16T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T14:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56705"},"modified":"2014-06-07T02:22:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T20:52:59","slug":"events-truda-thurai-to-speak-on-devil-dancers-ceylon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/events-truda-thurai-to-speak-on-devil-dancers-ceylon\/","title":{"rendered":"Events: Truda Thurai To Speak On Devil Dancers Ceylon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-devil-dancers-the-story-of-ceylons-emergence-as-an-independent-nation\/\">The Devil Dancers \u2013 The Story Of Ceylon\u2019s Emergence As An Independent Nation<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-devil-dancers-the-story-of-ceylons-emergence-as-an-independent-nation\/\">Truda Thurai<\/a><\/span>\u2019s first novel the Devil Dancers is set in 50s Ceylon and based on family memories of life in what is now Sri Lanka. 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