Madhubashini Disanayake Ratnayake
This morning I had the good fortune of interviewing Professor Emeritus Jayadeva Uyangoda on his journey of learning the English language. This was a series I had started some time ago – one where a well known academic or artist spoke about how they became familiar with this language – for i thought and think this is a good way to inspire young people and show them it is possible to do so if the necessary work is put in, no matter where you start from. Professors Liyanage Amarakeerthi Sasanka Perera Asanga Tilakaratne and others have spoken about their own journeys here, as have young academically oriented people like Kaushalya Kumarasinghe and Anushka Kahandagamage. This interview was an inspirational story; the jail itself could be turned into a learning space if the books kept coming – and they did. Professors and thinkers like Ashley Halpe, Kumari Jayewardene and others made sure that the JVP insurgents in prison has access to books – and someone like Professor Uyangoda could thus be created.
Interlocutor Madhbhashani Disanayake Ratnayake
The interview in Sinhala will be uploaded to my Atharamadiyawa channel first. Will share the link here when it goes online
VISIT You can find the discussion on YouTube now, on this link
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