FACT:
-Beginning on July 23, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers), a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island.
-The Tamil minority originated from India, immigrating to Sri Lanka between the 3rd century B.C. and the 13th century A.D
-many Indian Tamil becoming stateless
-Tamils only work in tea plantations which contributed significantly to the economy of Sri Lanka
-sinhalese made sinhala the oficial languge of sri lanka in 1972 which resulted in a rage for the tamil people as many did not know sinhala.(this affected thier work too)
-the tamils had a hard time getting thier thoughts to be heard.
-they also made it hard for tamils to enter university

PLOT:
character: shalini,shalini's parents,tamil tiger

- shalini is a smart hardworking girl
- has big dreams of working in the government and being a diplomat
- the war started with the sinhalese and tamils.
- her house got burned and was chased out of the country
- she became roofless and had no where to go.
-she decided to join the tamil tigers as she had to way of living
- she wanted to take revenge as well
-she went to war.
-she was shot hoever did not die
- she suffered in the hospital till the day she died with her parents by her side.