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Dec 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan, which is trying to attract more information technology outsource business, said a recent survey shows an increasing number of British small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considering outsourcing work.
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Do you feel that a Sri Lankan writer has to strive to be "as good as" anyone else?
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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Sri Lankan writers should focus on that rather than thinking of international audiences.
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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Meaning that it was average, but okay for inferior Lankan standards.
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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Sri Lankan writers should focus on that rather than thinking of international audiences.
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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Do you feel that a Sri Lankan writer has to strive to be "as good as" anyone else?
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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The annual award, named after Ondaatje's mother, Doris Gratiaen, is given to the best work of literary writing in English by a resident Sri Lankan.
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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In Sri Lanka it has been hailed as the "great Sri Lankan novel", Waterstones, UK's big bookstore chain, has picked the book as one of their top debuts of 2011, and Michael Ondaatje has called it, "a crazy ambidextrous delight."
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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RF: Simon concludes his review by saying, On p. 163 of Chinaman, my old neighbour W.G. Karunasena reminisces about how he felt 'watching Wettimuny at Lord's in 1984, the first time I realised that a Sri Lankan could be as good as anyone else.'
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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In Sri Lanka it has been hailed as the "great Sri Lankan novel", Waterstones, UK's big bookstore chain, has picked the book as one of their top debuts of 2011, and Michael Ondaatje has called it, "a crazy ambidextrous delight."
Ru Freeman: Author of Chinaman on Sri Lankan Literature and International Success Ru Freeman 2011
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