Reading the late ACB Pethiyagoda’s memoir of his time at Jaffna College, Vadukoddai, Goolbai Gunasekera’s memory was jogged about just under two years she herself spent...
Goolbai Gunasekera had written in this newspaper three Sundays previously that making Sinhala the national language and compelling schools, hitherto teaching in English, to have only...
(Excerpted from Chosen Ground: the saga of Clara Motwani by Goolbai Gunasekera) Mother had frequent staff meetings so that she could guide us in teaching methods...
Excerpted from Chosen Ground: The Clara Motwani saga by Goolbai Gunasekera When Mother left Musaeus College, it was again because of her displeasure over the Board’s...
(Excerpted from Chosen Ground: the Clara Motwani Saga by Goolbai Gunasekera There were four of us … Maya, Kumari, Suriya and I. “We are sisters under...
Excerpted from Chosen Ground: The Clara Motwani Saga by Goolbai Gunasekera One thing I can say about life with my parents is that it was never...