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By Hugh Karunanayake It was in the mid 1950s that I first discovered the enchantment of cacti and succulents. I cannot exactly recall the inspiration for my interest in this most unusual group within the plant kingdom, but I do remember seeing the Giant Saguaro(Carnegia gigantea) in the western movies that we used to see […]
By Goolbai Gunasekara Although I am now an ex- Principal of an International School, I am still asked the same questions albeit in varied degrees of anxiety, “Did you have much trouble having boys and girls in the same class?” I interpret the question correctly as being, “Did you have trouble BETWEEN boys and girls […]
By Walter R. Gooneratne (continued from last week) As this would be our last day, we decided to trek to two fabulous places as described by Babun. There were two large plains called Waraketiya and Dananayake Eliya. They were about six miles from camp towards Muduntalawa. The track was again riddled with fresh pug marks […]