An EDITORIAL NOTE, 27 February 2025
Items within this site have drawn over 780 hits each day of this week, ranging from 986 on Wednesday 26th February to 000 on the Monday 24th…… A fair sprinkling of visitors looked at biographical tales honing in on individuals — in some cases on what we call “Vales”. Readers may derive insights from a listing of these items: …. after all, friends matter and many famous personalities evoke tales of achievement that inspire.
Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms
Remembering Rajiv Jayaweera: An Outstanding Analyst and A Sturdy Administrator
Overwhelmed by W. Dahanayake … A Few Insights into the Politics of Yesteryear
Bertrand Russell’s Message to the World on Zionism in January 1970
Talaivar Pirapāharan embodied in Notebooks: One Mark of the LTTE’s Remarkable Propaganda Machinery
An Ode for Maureen Neliya Hingert, Ceylon’s Beauty Queen
Professor KM de Silva’s Publications
Leonard Woolf in Hambantota: An Interpretation
Velupillai Pirapāharan’s Biography related by DBS Jeyaraj
In search of Nihal Fernando …. A Documentary Film by Martin Pieris
Recalling Karen Roberts’s Novel “JULY”
Ken Balendra’s Visionary Leadership at John Keells
Siri Gunasinghe at 90: Insightful Essays from Four Men of Letters
With A Few Choice Words: Appreciating FC de Saram’s Cricket Career
In Appreciative Memory of Karen Roberts, 1965-2018
Kumar Sangakkara’s Ecumenical Lankan Nationalism
Muralitharan: The Arm that Did Not Chuck
Michael Tissera: A Lifetime of Grounded Achievement
Godfrey Gunatilleke: A Gentleman for All Seasons
Sangakkaras visit St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna
Valentine Gunasekara: His Architectural Virtuosity and Heritage
Mrs. Rushira Kulasingham breaks New Ground as Principal of Jaffna College
Adele Balasingham highlighted as “Aunty Tiger” by London Rag in mid-2009
In Memory of Richard de Zoysa
Cedric Martensteyn and the SBS “Arrow” Boats
Anecdotal Lore on “Apey George,” namely, George E. De Silva, and Family
The Extraordinary Alagu Subramaniam
An Inspiring Sri Lankan Anthropologist: Gananath Obeysekere
Nihal Fernando’s Odyssey in and with Sri Lanka: An Appreciation
A Grand Felicitation in Print for KD Paranavitana
The Senanayakes at STC, at Cricket and in Politics in Ceylon
A Requiem For Barbara Sansoni: From 1962 ….
A Requiem for Stanley J. Tambiah
Thomians in Praise of Mevan Pieris
Beyond Imagination – Chandra Schaffter’s Life of Service
Stanley Jayaweera as Sturdy Administrator & Diplomat – A Vale from a Son
Vale = An Appreciation of Professor Padmasiri De Silva
The diary of an extraordinary human being: A Review of Ben Bavinck’s “Of Tamils and Tigers”
James Taylor and the Ceylon Tea Industry
Namel Weeramuni: Life and Theatre, Theatre as Life
FC De Saram in His Prime
George Keyt Paintings: Ian Goonetileke’s Fascinating Collection
Hulugalle’s Appreciation of Revd Senior’s Career in Old Ceylon
Harry Solomons stars in Over 70s World Cup
Doug Walters: AN ODE from a Sri Lankan Fan
In Memoriam: Gamini Gunatileka flies West to Another Life in the Skies
Vale: Remembering & Appreciating Professor PB Meegaskumbura
Rashmi Sirisena in Adelaide hits the Headlines
Michael Wille on His Cricketing & Migrant Journeys
Ruvendrini Menikdiwela in Key UNHCR Role1
Dr. Veerakanthipillai Shanmugarajah’s Affidavit Description of Conditions in the Vanni Pocket in Refutation of Channel Four
In Search of Sunil Santha
Dr CG Uragoda: A Man for All Seasons
In Appreciation and Memory of ER de Silva of Richmond College, Galle
In Appreciation of Professor Riaz Hassan: Two Accolades as Vale
Hilda Muriel Kularatne, Theosophist & Educationist in Ceylon
Vale Rajpal De Silva: Doctor, Historian, Art Collector and A
Henry Jayasena: An Appraisal in Appreciation — with Further Insights from Azdak’s Lore
Dr Wilfred S. E. Perera: Tutor & Guide Extraordinary … & Reaching 90
Michael Caine … His Life and Times, 1933 et seq
Hilary Abeyratne: A Man for All Season
Honouring and Grieving Sam Samarasinghe: Academics in USA
Introducing Rohini Ravindran in the Kamala Harris Office
In Appreciation of Tissa Devendra, 1929 -2023
Nihal Fernando: Cameraman Extraordinary
