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| Sunday, 16 May 2004 |
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Captain recalls war memories by Ananth Palakidnar A new book in Sinhala titled Vadamarachi Operation and other northern battles authored by Captain Tilak Senanayake will be released on May 20. `Operation Liberation', popularly known as the Vadamarachi Operation was the first ever joint military action launched by the Army, Navy and Air Force against the LTTE in the Jaffna Peninsula in 1987. The Vadamarachi Operation was commanded by late Generals Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Wijaya Wimalaratne and several other key military figures who had later ended their career as service chiefs. With sixty two rare pictures, most of them taken during the Vadamarachi operation the new book portrays the real story of the military veterans who had displayed their courage and the integrity during the operation where thousands of soldiers had been involved. As a war correspondent from Dinamina newspaper dressed in his camouflage attire Tilak Senanayake has risked his life to cover the Vadamarachi Operation moving along with the battle hardened soldiers in the Peninsula. Launching his first book Capt. Tilak Senanayake an Old Anandian, says that it was his mother Mrs. Senanayake, an English teacher at Ananda who was his 'guru' and who inspired him to be involved in literature and journalism and Tilak grants this credit to his mother on the occasion of his maiden book launch. Having closer rapport with the top brass of all three armed forces Tilak Senanayake joined the army as a volunteer captain when General Hamilton Wanasinghe was the army chief. Along with Gen. Sarath Munasinghe and Brigadier Sanath Karunaratne Captain Tilak Senanayake with his journalistic background played a vital role in structuring the military media. The publisher of the new book is S. Godage and according to the author his book will be released soon in English as well to enable the readers outside Sri Lanka to know the epic story of the `Vadamarachi Operation '. Captain Senanayaka quipped that to a certain extent he has proved that "the pen is mightier than the sword" with his book 'Vadamarachi Operations and other Northern battles.' |
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