Announcing a New Book

The Will to Freedom
An Inside View of Tamil Resistance

Australian born Adele Balasingham, the author of this book, is well known to all who are familiar with the war for Tamil Independence in Sri Lanka. Married to Anton Balasingham, who emerged as the ‘Political Advisor’ to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), she has inside knowledge of the phenomenal growth and success of this organization. The LTTE is the recognized leader of the Tamil freedom movement in Sri Lanka. She is a sociologist, political activist and writer who has lived and worked in India and Sri Lanka for more than twenty years with the LTTE. She has also published works on the dowry system amongst the Jaffna society and on the LTTE women fighters.

In this book, ‘The Will to Freedom’, Adele Balasingham provides a penetrating internal study of the armed resistance struggle by the Tamil Tiger movement. Written in a semi-autobiographical, historical style, The Will to Freedom graphically surveys important events, episodes and turning points in the last two decades of the evolutional history of the Tamil freedom struggle. This fascinating study also throws light on the hitherto unknown characteristics of the leadership of the LTTE. Conveying the bloody imprints of those violent periods, the author reveals the depth of the suffering as well as the burning spirit of freedom of the Tamil people and the fighters. The book will be of interest to all those who want to study the inside story of the Tamil resistance movement.

The book is available at the world Tamil coordinating committee (USA), 170-10 Cedarcroft Road, Suite 1L, Jamaica, NY  11432, USA, Tel: (718) 657-9463, at a cost of US$ 25.00 (including S&H).