Zillij By Ameena Hussein. (winner of State Literary award for Best Short Stories) Economics Birds of Sri Lanka Gehan

Birds of Sri Lanka Gehan de Silva Wijeyaratne

Colombo’s father Cruz attempts to rescue a church from parishioners who like to put their donations where others can see them-on large plaques

The book follows the fortunes of the family company as it bore many a sling and arrow with the zeal of a true pioneer

Why do Ants march in a line

Entrepreneurial hoteliers have mysterious scars under their collars

Zillij By Ameena Hussein. (winner of State Literary award for Best Short Stories) Economics Birds of Sri Lanka GehanZillij is a collection of short stories addressing and revolving around the question of identity, within as essentially Sri Lankan context. While most of this volume reflects aspects of Sri Lankas ethnic and socio economic struggles. These stories are not merely about Sri Lanka. Ameena Hussein writes of love, death, fantasy, identity crises, changing worlds and freedom, creatively using language to shape raw life into evocative fiction.