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    WestTalks: In Conversation with Shankari Chandran

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    WestWords Centre for Writing
    parramatta, australia
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    Join us as we speak to Shankari Chandran on the Australian release of her book, Song of the Sun God. Shankari was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She uses story-telling to interrogate injustice. As a lawyer, she specialises in law reform, program management and community development. As a writer, her work explores dispossession, cultural erasure and connection.

    When: 24 November, 6.30pm (Arrive after 6pm for 6.30pm start) 
    Where: WestWords Centre for Writing, 41 Hunter St, Parramatta
    This is a free event.

    Nala and Rajan, a young couple, begin their married life in 1946, on the eve of Ceylon’s independence from Britain.  Arranged in marriage, they learn to love each other and protect their growing family, against the backdrop of increasing ethnic tension.

    Song of the Sun God spans three continents and three generations of a family that remains dedicated to its homeland, whilst learning to embrace its new home.

    Funny at times, warm and tender at others, we see Nala and Rajan’s family navigate war, migration, old loyalties and new beginnings, relying on the philosophy of their religion, their ancestors and each other.

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