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Book:
Island of Blood
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in India, then in Sri Lanka, Anita managed to gain access to LTTE chief Pirabhakaran,
and her interviews with him made headlines around the world. In Afghanistan,
she eluded the Taliban militia to discover the frightening reality of women's
lives under a terrifyingly fanatical regime. In Bangladesh, she experienced
the catastrohpic fury of nature, as a cyclone ripped apart homes and lives.
In Kashmir, as in other war-torn areas, she was a helpless witness to the plight
of little children who were physically and emotionally crippled for life...
In this book Anita
reaches beyond the headlines to plumb the tragedy and despair that are the consequence
of racial and historical prejudice, religious and sexual discrimination, mindless
hatred and fear.
The book is
available in all leading Indian bookstores, or you can order the book from firstandsecond.com.
Anita Pratap
has worked for leading Indian and American newspapers and magazines including
Sunday, Indian Express, India Today, and Time. Until
1999, she was the New Delhi Bureau Chief for CNN, reporting news from
South Asia.
She has won several
Indian and international media awards, including the prestigious George Polk
award for her coverage of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 1996. In 1998
she was awarded the Chameli Devi Jain award for her 'sensitive portrayal of
the human condition' and for her 'talent, dedication and courage as a reporter'.
She is currently
freelancing, making television documentary films and writing columns for magazines.
Island
of Blood is her first book.
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