Ajith Samaranayake-A tribute by Lester James Peries
Ajith Samaranayake: The conscience of the younger generation, a voice for lost causes by Lester James Peries With much spluttering of engine and tooting of horn the three wheelers would sweep into No....
View ArticlePhoto Journal: Commemoration Event Honours Life of Kethesh Loganathan
By Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Late Kethesh Loganathan was a man of action. He showed his humanity. Kethesh was a committed human rights activist. He campaigned for the rights of the Tamils...
View ArticleRemembering US Ambassador James. W. Spain
by Tissa Jayatilaka News reached us over the weekend past that Jim Spain’s time on earth had run out. Heaven knows this world of ours cannot afford to do without human beings of his calibre and yet...
View ArticleMaheswaran: The forgotten Hero
by Arvalan “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”-Martin Luther King Jr. 2008 dawned...
View ArticleAmbassador Spain had Abiding Respect and Affection for Sri Lanka
By Robert. O. Blake Jr. Ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome to all you. Thank you for coming. We are here this afternoon to remember and honor not only a remarkable diplomat and dedicated patriot...
View ArticleJanuary 30th 1948: The Day “Mahatma” Gandhi Was Assassinated
By Lloyd. R. Devarajah As I was playing truant and was very poor in my Tamil, I left St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya where I was a student from 1937 and joined Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai on January...
View ArticleUpali Wijewardena: Memories of the Unforgettable Tycoon
by D.B.S.Jeyaraj If Philip Upali Wijewardena was among the living he would have reached the biblical life span of three score and ten today (Feb 17th). Alas, this was not to be as he disappeared...
View ArticleAnura Bandaranaike: The Crown Prince who was never Crowned King
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The saying “Always the bride’smaid never the bride” applied appropriately to Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike who passed away on Sunday March 16th at the age of fifty –...
View ArticleAnura Bandaranaike: Up Close and Personal
by Gamini Gunaratne My relationship with the Bandaranaikes started from the time of my father, K D Chandrapala, who was Village Council Chairman for Dompe and who maintained close links with S W R D...
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