First and foremost, I wish The Island readers a Happy Sinhala and Tamil New Year. Yes, who wouldn’t want a perfect complexion, the girls, especially! Unfortunately,...
Peradeniya Student uprising of 1965 and beyond (Based on an account of the events by Prof. T. Sivaparakasapillai) A far-reaching achievement of the very last State...
Yes, I’ve got some interesting news for cricket enthusiasts. The Colombo Cricket Club, in Melbourne, Australia, will be touring Sri Lanka, over the Easter season, and...
Last week I made mention of a gathering in Colombo to remember Kumar David, who passed away last October, as Comrade, Professor and Friend. The event...
C. Narayanasuwami, the first Director of the then Agrarian Research and Training Institute (ARTI). I am delighted to be associated with the fifty third anniversary celebrations...
“How Rubber Shaped our Political Philosophy” The Ceylon Journal was launched last August. Its first issue is already out of print. Only a handful of the...
“Take care of your memories, for you cannot relive them.”Bob Dylan One memory is as distant as 1944 and the other, 1971. One was childishly joyous,...
With the new government about to be sworn in, there was an immediate issue, which confronted WT Jayasinghe and myself. Had we to be present at...
The Season of Lent which was started on Ash Wednesday with imposition of ashes on our foreheads marking ourselves with the Sign of the Cross, with...
(Excerpted from Memories of 33 years in Parliament by Nihal Seneviratne) During my 33 years in Parliament, I worked with nine Speakers of the House and...