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Thisuri Wanniarachchi

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Thisuri Wanniarachchi is one of the youngest authors in the world to write a local bestseller.
She is the youngest nominee to the prestigious International Writers Program of the University of Iowa and the the youngest State Literary Award winner in Sri Lanka.

Growing up in Sri Lanka during the Elam War and having a father in the military, inspired Thisuri to write about war. Thisuri began writing at the age of ten. The short story "The road to Horrowpathana" written by her at the age of 12 (inspired by the terrorist attack on a children's bus in Horrowpathana, Sri Lanka in 2007 killing 60 children) was talked about in many international writers forums.

Colombo Streets was her first attempt to write a novel. It was published when she was fou
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An extract from chapter 10 of COLOMBO STREETS

"The village where we lived in was about a mile towards the north from the town of Killinochchi. Education there was nothing but a dream. The only school in the village had been destroyed during the war. People there were poor, unprivileged and innocent. All villagers were forced to support the terrorists. The ones who refused to support the terrorists would be found dead in a farm, or a drain, or Read more of this blog post »
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Published on December 12, 2011 22:17 Tags: church, colombo-streets, life, love, mother, pray, t-hisuri-wanniarachchi, war
Average rating: 3.47 · 36 ratings · 7 reviews · 2 distinct works
COLOMBO STREETS

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The Terrorist's Daughter

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COLOMBO STREETS
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Thisuri Wanniarachchi Thisuri Wanniarachchi said: " Portrait of a grief stricken young girl
Professor Sunanda Mahendra
colombo streets, a short novel by Thisuri Wanniarachchi,
Vijitha Yapa publications May 2009,
103 pages.
Rs. 300

This maiden creative effort by a 14-year old Sri Lankan writer revolves round
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“Life is at its best when everything has fallen out of place, and you decide that you're going to fight to get them right, not when everything is going your way and everyone is praising you.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi

“Sometimes I wish life was written pencil so we could erase it and write it all over again.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi, COLOMBO STREETS

“Most parents try really hard to give their kids the best possible life. They give them the best food and clothes they can afford, take their own kind of take on training kids to be honest and polite. But what they don't realize is no matter how much they try, their kids will get out there. Out to this complicated little world. If they are lucky they will survive, through backstabbers, broken hearts, failures and all the kinds of invisible insane pressures out there. But most kids get lost in them. They will get caught up in all kinds of bubbles. Trouble bubbles. Bubbles that continuously tell them that they are not good enough. Bubbles that get them carried away with what they think is love, give them broken hearts. Bubbles that will blur the rest of the world to them, make them feel like that is it, that they've reached the end. Sometimes, even the really smart kids, make stupid decisions. They lose control. Parents need to realize that the world is getting complicated every second of every day. With new problems, new diseases, new habits. They have to realize the vast probability of their kids being victims of this age, this complicated era. Your kids could be exposed to problems that no kind of therapy can help. Your kids could be brainwashed by themselves to believe in insane theories that drive them crazy. Most kids will go through this stage. The lucky ones will understand. They will grow out of them. The unlucky ones will live in these problems. Grow in them and never move forward. They will cut themselves, overdose on drugs, take up excessive drinking and smoking, for the slightest problems in their lives.
You can't blame these kids for not being thankful or satisfied with what they have. Their mentality eludes them from the reality.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi, COLOMBO STREETS

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“Sometimes I wish life was written pencil so we could erase it and write it all over again.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi, COLOMBO STREETS

“The thing about life is, you’ve got to somehow make it through the day. Don’t wait for the beautiful evening. Go on with your life. Of course, the beautiful evening will come. In fact, she’s on her way. And she’s coming to you as fast as she can. And dude, she’s beautiful.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi

“I believe in god. I also believe that you should never ask god to make your dreams come true. You have to work for your dreams. And dream actually, with all your mind body and soul. I don’t believe luck is when a super power grants us what we wished for. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. So we need to be prepared all the time. Our dream awaits us. It’s already on its way. We just need to be prepared when it gets to us.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi

“I've lived through a war. I've seen burning corpses on the road side. And yes, I will tell you, peace is the only way out.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi

“Tennis taught me to take chances, to take life as it comes. To hit every ball that comes to me no matter how hard it looks, to give it my best shot.”
Thisuri Wanniarachchi




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