The controversial Professor of Mathematics, scholar and lawyer from Vavuniya – C. Suntharalingam, was a member of independent Ceylon’s first cabinet of Ministers. Resigning from his post, he wrote open letters decrying the direction Ceylon’s independence was taking. These letters, present insight into Suntharalingam’s life and a version of events that contributed to Sri Lanka’s tumultuous recent history. Buy it at www.pererahussein.com