Three or four News Agencies provided this rather prosaic notice about the launching of Major-General Kamal Gunaratne’s THE ROAD TO NANDIKADAL in early September; but ‘saved the day’ by deploying interesting snaps.
Pic used by http://telo.org/?p=170018
September 4, 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian: Security analysts are said to be keeping a close eye on the book ‘Road to Nandikadal’, true story of defeating Tamil Tigers by Major General Kamal Gunaratne, expected to be released after his retirement on September 5. The book will be released on September 6, a day after his retirement. The Sinhala and English versions of the book will be released on the same day. It is said that several incidents that occurred during the war including the killing of Velupillai Prabhkaran. Major General Gunaratne was the Commanding Officer of the 53 Division, that is believed to have killed the LTTE leader Prabhakaran.
Situation Map –23 December 2008
This NOTE was repeated in
- http://www.srilankanewslive.com/news/security/item/9511-security-units-keenly-eying-road-to-nandikadal
- http://www.asianmirror.lk/news/item/18847-road-to-nandikadal-new-book-on-vanquished-ltte-to-be-released-tomorrow
- http://lankainformation.lk/news/latest-news/item/10141-security-units-keenly-eying-road-to-nandikadal
Pic deployed by Asian Mirror
ALSO SEE
* http://sirasatv.lk/pathikada-06-09-16/ … Bandula Jayasekera Q and A with Kamal Gunaratna
- Shanika Sriyananda: “Defeating the LTTE: Major General Kamal Gunaratne in Riveting Q and A,” September 2016, https://thuppahis.com/2016/09/07/defeating-the-ltte-major-general-kamal-gunaratne-in-riveting-q-and-a/
Graphic Map compiled by International Crisis Group in late April 2009