Rasthiyadukara Cinderella
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Rasthiyadukara Cinderella is more than a novel — it’s a social portrait painted with empathy and fire. It challenges readers to look beyond privilege and ask: what happens when a girl is born into silence, but refuses to stay quiet? For anyone who believes in the transformative power of fiction, this is a story that stays with you — tender, unsettling, and utterly real.
First serialized in a national youth newspaper for readers aged 16 to 23, the novel quickly became a national bestseller and led to Aruni being invited to represent Sri Lanka at the SAARC Writers and Literature Festival in India.
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Rasthiyadukara Cinderella (The Loitering Cinderella) is a bestselling Sinhala novel by Aruni Kalupahana, widely praised for its emotional honesty, social relevance, and fearless critique of systemic injustice. Set amidst the mist-covered tea estates of Sri Lanka, the story follows Cinderella Anderson, a teenage girl born to a Tamil plantation worker and an absent English father. Raised in a line room surrounded by poverty, isolation, and cultural division, Cinderella’s life becomes a reflection of countless young girls growing up in the shadows of the country’s colonial past.
The novel is inspired by real-life stories Aruni encountered as a journalist traveling across rural Sri Lanka — particularly within the tea estate communities, where generations of Tamil families brought from India during British colonial rule still face systemic marginalization. Even today, many children in these regions are denied access to education, healthcare, and safety, despite their quiet longing for a better life. In Rasthiyadukara Cinderella, Aruni gives these hidden voices space on the page — exploring deeply rooted issues like child pregnancy, domestic abuse, alcoholism, cultural erasure, and the invisible labor of girls who are taught to survive, not dream.
| Attribute | Details |
| Title | Rasthiyadukara Cinderella |
| Author | Aruni Kalupahana |
| Date of Publish | 2017 |
| Publisher | Stories by Aruni |
| Weight | 350g |
| Dimensions | 5.5″ x 8.5″ x 0.6″ |
| ISBN | |
| Language | Sinhala |
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