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<strong>Other lives</strong>: Sri Lankan artist who moved to London but whose subject remained his homeland

Read with much interest, the article in the Sunday Island of February 12, by Ernest Macintyre “Old Peradeniya – Ceylon’s first university in memory and imagination”. He mentions about the “O Facs” – the students of the oriental faculties largely from rural schools who opted for Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala apart from Economics and History andthe […]

By ECB Wijeyesinghe When I was a schoolboy of eight at St. Benedict’s College, Colombo, I was made to stand on a platform and recite “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” With great gusto I rendered the passage, “Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon behind them volleyed and […]

By Manik de Silva Vijaya Chandrasoma, a not infrequent contributor to these pages, has published a selected compilation of his articles, adding an autobiographical section on his own life which the reader will see has had its many ups and downs. A wry sense of humour and an ability for self-deprecation in the pages dealing […]

By Manik de Silva The death last week of Nihal Ratnaike, among the country’s most senior English language journalists, brought memories of the fun days at the old Ceylon Observer, then one of two evening English dailies, published here. The other was the once British owned Times of Ceylon occupying what was then the tallest […]

A caddy-load of farmers and planters from the north-east of Scotland were involved in tea production in China, Asia and India.

Posted on January 24th, 2021 Ashley de Vos Stemming from the advice given by Arahat Mahinda to King Devanampiya Tissa (3 C.BCE), that all beings including the animals in the forest and the birds in the air have a right to live, tradition dictated that all precious resources, are always protected. The thick forest covered hills and mountains, referred to, by Ferguson (1815) as black, leach infested and full of animals”, were dedicated to the Gods or Devas, and as a roy...