THE VAVUNIYA DIARIES (recollecting the first JVP uprising 5th April 1971 – 19th August 1971)
by Neville Jayaweera, Government Agent Vavuniya Administrative District 1970-1973
CONTENTS
Page
Introduction to Vavuniya ………………………………………………………………….xi
Foreword – Susil Sirivardana and Marshal Fernando ……………………………01
Author’s Preface – Neville Jayaweera…………………… ……………………………..05
Chapter 1 : Demotion, wilderness and despair…….. ………………………………09
Chapter 2 : A 180-degree turnaround in Consciousness ……………………….. 13
Chapter 3 : The JVP …………………………………………. ………………………………..17
Chapter 4 : The curtain goes up…………………………… ……………………………..19
First Published 2017
THE VAVUNIYA DIARIES
© Neville Jayaweera
ISBN : 978-955-7560-42-7
Cover Design : Hasitha Wickremasinghe & Immanuel Kitnan
Dedication
- For my late lamented beloved daughter MANOHARI whose premature departure has, but for the ever present Christ, snuffed out the light from my life.
- For my parents Robert and Constance Jayaweera To whom I owe more than words can express “Thou shalt honour thy father and thy mother” From the Ten Commandments.
- For Trixie my eternally patient, forbearing, and loyal wife
- For Edmund my born-again son-in-law, currently my rod and my staff,
- and for Maximillian our grandson and our hope and light for the future
SOME IMAGES from the 1971 insurgency
Wijeweera addressing a crowd –before the April insurgency
ALSO SEE ; Zarah Imtiaz: “Bloody Memories: The JVP Insurrection 1971,” 5 April 2017, https://thuppahis.com/2017/04/05/bloody-memories-the-jvp-insurrection-1971/
