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Colombo

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Author : Carl Muller
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 1995

Colombo written by Carl Muller and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Colombo (Sri Lanka) categories.

'Colombo is in the throes of an explosion. Its face changes continuously, its vices are legion, its future as yet obscure and its paths speak of sunlight as well as of shadow...' Carl Muller begins his quasi-fictional portrait of this beautiful, war-torn city by describing the great battles fought over it by European colonizers...In AD 1505, a Portuguese fleet blown off-course took shelter in Galle, overthrew the local kings, fortified Colombo and decided to stay. The Dutch came along, ousted the Portuguese, made Colombo their capital and ruled till the British arrived and sent them packing. Muller intersperses the tales of the past into descriptions of the battles that are being fought in Colombo today--political battles in which vested interests play a major role as well as battles fought on the individual level in the struggle to survive: young women and children turning to prostitution to earn an extra buck, people begging in the streets to make ends meet, unemployed young men turning to crime in frustration, students demonstrating against atrocities, lovers pining for nightfall in order to push away loneliness if only for a few moments...Written in Muller's lucid style, Colomb

Assignment Colombo

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Author : Jyotindra Nath Dixit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Assignment Colombo written by Jyotindra Nath Dixit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with India categories.

Political situation in Sri Lanka before and after the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka agreement of July 1987.

A Short Review Of The Colombo Exhibition February 23 To March 22 1952

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Author : Ceylon. Commission, Colombo Exhibition, 1952
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952

A Short Review Of The Colombo Exhibition February 23 To March 22 1952 written by Ceylon. Commission, Colombo Exhibition, 1952 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Colombo Exhibition categories.

Colombo Ceylon India

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Author : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920

Colombo Ceylon India written by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Colombo (Sri Lanka) categories.

The Colombo Plan

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Author : Colombo Plan Bureau
language : en
Publisher: [Colombo, Ceylon] : Colombo Plan Bureau
Release Date : 1958

The Colombo Plan written by Colombo Plan Bureau and has been published by [Colombo, Ceylon] : Colombo Plan Bureau this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Economic assistance categories.

The Colombo Bay

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Author : Richard Pollak
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004

The Colombo Bay written by Richard Pollak and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Container ships categories.

Describes the dangerous world of modern-day merchant shipping as it follows the Colombo Bay, a huge container cargo vessel, on a five-week voyage from Hong Kong to New York via the Suez canal.