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Excerpted from the autobiography of Merril. J. Fernando Before I set out for Jap1an, in 1960, on my first overseas business trip, I was advised by Terrence Allan of AF Jones to be extremely careful in the manner that I dealt with our agents in Japan, H. J. Kramer Limited, a Japanese company headed by […]
We are a people trapped in a fake democracy. I do not have to prove my statement. It is self-evident. We have a government that has no mandate from the people. This government ruined the agriculture of the country, defaulted on international loans, robbed the country to bankruptcy, with the economy ground to a halt […]
I have returned after two days at the Sri Jayawardenanapura hospital (SJH) and have much to commend on how it is run.I was not that ill and was able to observe the working of this great institution at firsthand. Thousands of people throng this place every day for different illness requiring observations, tests and whatever. […]
I must say something about my mother. She was the dearest and sweetest person I have known, as I suppose the humblest and poorest mother would and should be. Instances of the pain and trouble she took to bring up her children are too numerous to mention here. Not only would she supervise the preparation […]
Reams have already been written about Shehan Karunatillaka and his Booker Prize winning satirical fictitious novel – The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. We in Sri Lanka cannot sing enough hosannas and shower praise on this great Lankan writer who has beaten hundreds of authors from all over the world, American included, to win the […]
By Uditha Devapriya Now in its 23rd year, the Colombo International Book Fair has become something of a social event. One doesn’t go there merely to buy books; one goes there to see it. It was the same, I felt, at Gotagogama: one went there not only to shout, to scream, to vent one’s anger […]
By Uditha Devapriya With input from Uthpala Wijesooriya, Pasinadu Nimsara, and Keshan Themira Archive images courtesy of the J. R. Jayewardene Centre On July 7, the Hostel of Royal College, Colombo, will be unveiling its annual Day. Organised after seven long years, the Hostel Day will incorporate a number of aesthetic, cultural, and sports events. […]
By ECB Wijeyesinghe Just after I left school I thought I should help in a small way to solve the over-population problem, which was then beginning to rear its head. I joined the Medical College in the hope that some day I would become a doctor. A merciful Providence, however, had other plans for me. […]