{"id":89578,"date":"2013-06-01T00:03:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T18:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=89578"},"modified":"2013-06-08T00:38:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T19:08:18","slug":"ru-freemans-new-novel-on-sal-mal-lane-was-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ru-freemans-new-novel-on-sal-mal-lane-was-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Ru Freeman\u2019s New Novel \u201c On Sal Mal Lane\u201d Was Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan born author Ru Freeman&#8217;s\u00a0 new novel \u201c On Sal Mal Lane\u201d was launched at the Sri Lanka Residence , Washington DC on May 18, 2013 .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This notable novel which presents a storyline revolving around Sri Lanka\u2019s long and bitter conflict has been recognized by reviewers as a resounding cry for reconciliation. The Embassy organized the event to felicitate Ru\u2019s achievement and to recognize\u00a0 the importance of reconciliation on the fourth anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka\u2019s conflict.&#8221; says the Sri Lankan Embassy\u00a0Washington.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89579\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ru-freemans-new-novel-on-sal-mal-lane-was-launched\/ru-freeman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89579\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89579\" class=\" wp-image-89579 \" title=\"Ru Freeman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ru-Freeman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ru-Freeman.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ru-Freeman-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-89579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ru Freeman presenting the first copy of her book On Sal Mal Lane to Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya at the Sri Lanka Residence<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We publish below the\u00a0statement\u00a0the\u00a0Sri Lankan Embassy\u00a0Washington statement;<\/p>\n<p>Ru Freeman\u00a0 hails from a distinguished family of writers. She received her education from Murdoch University, Australia, Bates College in Main , USA and obtained her masters in Labor Relations from the University of Colombo. Ru\u2019s maiden novel \u201cA Disobedient Girl\u201d has been translated\u00a0 into several languages.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Thanuja Usliyanage, Minister (Political) of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in his welcome remarks recalled that four years have passed since the conflict ended in Sri Lanka in May 2009. The\u00a0 invitees joined the Embassy staff to observe one-minute silence in honor of\u00a0 the\u00a0 valiant\u00a0 heroes who\u00a0 lost their lives in the conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PG_2UHULanA?rel=0;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the gathering, Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya called Ru Freeman a brilliant and internationally acclaimed writer whose literary work brings pride to Sri Lanka. He appreciated Ru\u2019s skill to transform the readers mind to a Sri Lankan setting through her writing and thereby create a realistic understanding about the country\u2019s culture and social issues.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing her book, author Ru Freeman said it is a story about Sri Lankan society five years leading up to the ethnic riots in 1983. She said the idea of the book first came to her when an editor of an American newspaper tasked her to write an article on Sri Lanka\u2019s war recognizing the \u201cgood\u201d &amp; \u201cbad\u201d people , after the end of the conflict .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was not the story of my country\u2026 and I realize that I need a bigger work in which to talk about the fact there are no good people and bad people. It doesn\u2019t matter whether you were someone who protected people during the riots or you were one of the people had violence perpetrated against you , you were all culpable in some way\u201d, she said<\/p>\n<p>Ru called the novel a gesture towards reconciliation that should be achieved through a deliberate but unforced process . Also, she added that she is very proud to be identify herself as a Sri Lankan writer and thanked Ambassador Wickramasuriya and the Embassy of Sri Lanka for hosting the book launch.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the proceedings, guests were treated to a delectable Sri Lankan dinner. The\u00a0\u00a0 invitees included journalists, academics, US officials and Sri Lankan American community leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":89579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ru Freeman\u2019s New Novel \u201c On Sal Mal Lane\u201d Was Launched - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ru-freemans-new-novel-on-sal-mal-lane-was-launched\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ru Freeman\u2019s New Novel \u201c On Sal Mal Lane\u201d Was Launched - 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