· The Tamil Tigers, who had waged a three-decade-long war of national liberation, were militarily defeated. But some of their ranks survived. Santhia was one. After the war, she and her infant son tried to reach Australia but were stranded in Indonesia. Santhia died in a Jakarta hospital in October aged just forty-two/5(15). Hillier mainly provides a brief account of the circumstances that led the Sri Lankan Tamils to take up arms against the governme The book is divided into two parts. The first is an essay by Ben Hillier, who loosely traces the life of Santhia, a Tamil refugee who survived the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers in and the gross human rights violations committed by the Sri Lankan government shortly thereafter/5. · In Losing Santhia: Life and Loss in the Struggle for Tamil Eelam, Australian socialist Ben Hillier tells the story of one participant in this struggle. Santhia was a leading member of the Tamil Tigers who joined the movement as a teenager and died as a refugee in Indonesia, in She was 42 years old. Speaking with surviving activists and refugees, Hillier combines their memories of Santhia Author: Newpolitics.
Santhia was one. After the war, she and her infant son tried to reach Australia but were stranded in Indonesia. Santhia died in a Jakarta hospital in October aged just forty-two. Sponsored by the Tamil Refugee Council, Ben Hillier travelled to Indonesia and Sri Lanka after Santhia's death to piece together her life. Clear rating. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. 1. Losing Santhia: Life and loss in the struggle for Tamil Eelam. by. Ben Hillier. avg rating — 16 ratings. score: , and 2 people voted. Want to Read. Ben Hillier is a member of the Tamil Refugee Council media team and an editor of Red Flag. He is the author of Losing Santhia: life and loss in the struggle for Tamil Eelam.. More by Ben Hillier.
In Losing Santhia: Life and Loss in the Struggle for Tamil Eelam, Australian socialist Ben Hillier tells the story of one participant in this struggle. Santhia was a leading member of the Tamil Tigers who joined the movement as a teenager and died as a refugee in Indonesia, in She was 42 years old. Speaking with surviving activists and refugees, Hillier combines their memories of Santhia with the history of the conflict. Sponsored by the Tamil Refugee Council, Red Flag journalist Ben Hillier traces Santhia's journey in Losing Santhia from joining the Tigers while still in high school. It places her life in the context of the Tamil liberation struggle, looking at the circumstances that would inspire someone to take up arms. Losing Santhia Book. likes. Ben Hillier travelled to Indonesia and Sri Lanka in the month after Santhia’s death to piece together her life. However, what follows is not a biography.
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