{"id":17803,"date":"2026-09-17T09:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/?p=17803"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:43:11","slug":"sri-lankan-author-ragulan-tharmakulasingam-launches-the-last-cup-of-tea-a-moving-tribute-to-mothers-now-available-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/?p=17803","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Author Ragulan Tharmakulasingam Launches The Last Cup of Tea – A Moving Tribute to Mothers, Now Available Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A short novel about a mother\u2019s love, memory, and the moments we take for granted – launched at the Pick a Book Readers\u2019 Summit in Colombo, and now on Amazon internationally.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Author and Pick a Book founder Ragulan Tharmakulasingam has released his second book, The Last Cup of Tea<\/em>, a short and deeply emotional story that has moved readers across generations and is now available to readers worldwide on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The book was launched at the Pick a Book Readers\u2019 Summit, held at Cinnamon Grand Colombo<\/strong>, before an audience of readers and members of Sri Lanka\u2019s literary and reading community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfolding across a single rain-soaked afternoon in a quiet cemetery, the story follows two old men who watch the funeral of an elderly mother – and, through their gentle conversation, slowly reassemble the story of her life: the cup of tea she made each morning without being asked, the sacrifices no one noticed, the son who always meant to call. In its closing pages, a quiet revelation reframes everything, turning the story into a meditation on the love that never announces itself, and the good we do for others without ever knowing we have done it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written as a tribute to mothers everywhere, the book is designed to be read in a single sitting and remembered long after. Early readers have described finishing it in tears and reaching for the phone to call their own mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cLove is rarely lost in a single moment – it\u2019s lost in the moments we thought would always be there,\u201d said Ragulan, quoting a line from the book. \u201cI wrote it to remind us to cherish the people who love us quietly, before it\u2019s too late to say thank you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The response from readers has been striking in its emotional depth. \u201cI picked it up expecting a quick read and finished it with a lump in my throat,\u201d said one reader. Another wrote, \u201cThis book made me wonder how many cups of tea I have left with my own mother. Perhaps we shouldn\u2019t keep saving them for another day.\u201d Readers have also consistently praised the story\u2019s unexpected ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Cup of Tea<\/em> is available in Sri Lanka for Rs. 900, and worldwide on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ragulan Tharmakulasingam is a writer, marketer, and social entrepreneur based in Colombo. He is the founder of Pick a Book, a movement to transform lives through reading, and of Palladian Global. His first book, Tik Tik – Tomorrow Was Never Promised<\/em>, told the story of a beloved dog from the dog\u2019s own point of view – a tender meditation on loyalty, love, and loss. The Last Cup of Tea<\/em> is his second book.<\/p>\n\n\n

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AVAILABLE NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022  Worldwide on Amazon: amazon.com\/dp\/6242121778<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022  In Sri Lanka: Rs. 900 \u2014 WhatsApp 077 882 1779, or pickabook.lk\/thelastcupoftea.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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