Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 16 October 2011
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Anil's Ghost
Anil’s Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island.
For a unique look at Pakistan's diverse cultural history, travel to the famed archaeological site of Taxila, an ancient ruined city that was once a renowned center of Buddhist learning, and explore the bustling metropolis of Lahore, noted for its splendid 16th-century Mughal architecture. At Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, viewers will be exposed to the rich heritage of Hindu and Buddhist monuments. And in Sri Lanka, experience the ancient city of Sigiriya with its magnificent Lion Mountain rock fortress.
Krishna explains differing views of nationalism and ethnic identity, as expressed in India and Sri Lanka. For India, some of this arises out of religious differences with Pakistan. And for both India and Sri Lanka, the issues came out of the British decolonisation. Each had severe problems making a national identity. The bloody separation between India and Pakistan is briefly gone into.
