Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- I have read 'Youthquake' written by Ranga Kalansooriya and his all-female battalion of journalists, Eva Danayanthi of Indonesia, Mandana Ismail Abewickrema of Sri Lanka, Nazia Afrin Monami of Bangladesh, Sonia Awale of Nepal and Naw Betty Han of Myanmar. At the book launch event, I had a chance to have a chat with Sonia Awale and get her signature and, that of Ranga Kalansooriya, too, in my copy of the book.

This is not a review of the book for -- I am not competent enough for that -- but I penned down my thoughts after reading the book.

It was stated in the book: "Moreover the intention of this book is not to analyse the reasons behind those youth upheavals and examine the political dimensions surrounding those ...