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October 27, 2024 · 9:51 am

The Gunasekara Lineage in Ceylon Cricket

Alston Mahadevan is with Johann Gunasekara …. In FACEBOOK …………… https://www.facebook.com/groups/277933739075780/?multi_permalinks=923211474548000&ref=share ……………………..  Cricketing dynasties of Ceylon Part 1 – The Gunasekaras

When Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon, cricket was nurtured by many outstanding cricketers and administrators including the three cricketing families, the Gunasekaras, the De Sarams and the Kelaarts. They had a significant impact from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1960s.

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October 25, 2024 · 6:51 pm

Doug Walters: AN ODE from a Sri Lankan Fan

Nimal R. Chandrasena’s Cricketing ODE for Doug Walters … within a book entitled LOOKING FOR DOUG … Doug Walters: An Australian Cricketing Legend

Short Synopsis of the Book

The Book tells the story of a Sri Lankan-born cricket fan (the author) and his journey following the life and achievements of his boyhood hero – Doug Walters, a personal friend. The book is replete with material and opinions gleaned from interviews with Doug and Ian Chappell, the former Australian cricket captain under whom Doug played most of his cricket.

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October 25, 2024 · 5:38 pm

Magnifique ….. Ahmed Didi aids Trinity Chapel Restoration

Item in The Island, 25 October 2024... with a different title

The distinguished old boy of Trinity College, Kandy, Ahmed Mahir Didi, recently donated Rs. 5 million for the College Chapel Restoration Project. He is a Maldivian national, now based in the Seychelles and is a well-known businessman engaged in tourism.

Trinity College Kandy _ We extend our heartfelt thanks to Mr. Ahmed Mahir Didi [Old Boy 1968-75] for his incredibly generous donation to the Trinity College Chapel… _ Instagram

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October 25, 2024 · 12:24 pm

Alongside Turtles at Unawatuna Beach in Southern Lanka

Michael Roberts

The Thuppahi item on the turtle nursey at Rekawa along the southern coast of Sri Lanka …… https://thuppahis.com/2024/10/24/the-turtle-nursery-at-rekawa-in-southern-sri-lanka/#more-85722 …… has revived two inspiring ‘moments’ when I had ‘brushes’ with a turtle. Both indelible experiences which are etched in my mind’s pictorial eye took place at the Unawatuna beach about four miles east of Galle town – a popular tourist beach on the other side of the Buona Vista peninsula that constitutes the eastern ‘front’ of Galle harbour.

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October 22, 2024 · 8:26 pm

Significant New Strands in American Politics at the Grass-roots Level?

‘Yesteryear’ — A Sri Lankan Migrant

A = Support for Palestine in Raleigh North Carolina City Council ... when North Carolina is classed as a ‘conservative’ state!

Another articulate and brave young lady who reflects the changing face in the multi-ethnic urban zones of America with the younger demographic more independent, rebellious and skilled in the art of critical thinking.

https://www.tiktok.com/@nancyr0033/video/7381072938595781919?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Raleigh City, North Carolina ……… Population in 2023: 482,000

Population demographics by race:

White – 55.5%

Black or African American – 28.1%

Hispanic or Latino – 11.6%

Asian & Other – 4.5%

Foreign born persons – 13%

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Also worth listening to the anguished voice of this Jewish American lady…. Elena Stein is the granddaughter of a holocaust survivor: https://youtube.com/shorts/–lF7bOLEs8?si=Np7bfs1XQM8gEZBb…..Stop arming Israel and stop profiting from genocide

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October 16, 2024 · 10:20 pm

Sigiriya: A Stupendous Citadel …..

Mahil Wijesinghe in the Sunday Observer, 13 October 2024 where the title runs “The Stupendous Citadel of Sigiriya”

After visiting the Dambulla rock cave temple, our next destination was Sigiriya, the 5th Century rock citadel, containing ruins of palace complex built by King Kasyapa (4774-4795 CE), has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The sight is stupendous even today: a massive monolith of red stone rises 600 feet from the green scrub jungle to accentuate the lucid blue of the sky. How overpowering, then, this rock fortress of Sigiriya must have been. When it was crowned as a palace 15 centuries ago!

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October 14, 2024 · 3:18 pm

From Brook to Bradman ….. Errol in AWE

Errol Fernando in Melbourne in Email Letters to Pals

ONE: Errol the Fernando to Gavin, 10 October 2024

It is quite unbelievable, Gavin, that a side makes 556 in under 2 days and then spends the next 3 days trying desperately not to LOSE the match!  A side scoring 556 would usually be trying to win by an innings. However, in the Test match at Multan, Pakistan batted first and made 556 and since then they are trying desperately not to LOSE the match!! 

England ended day 3 nearly 500 for 3 with Joe Root 175 not out.  Pakistan will spend the next 2 days trying desperately not to lose!

Yes, cricket is indeed a funny game and impossible to predict.

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October 12, 2024 · 8:41 pm

Nilaveli Beach Hotel celebrated Its 50th Anniversary …. With Bernard

Bernard Van Cuylenburg, whose essay is entitled “50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS of the Nilaveli Beach Hotel, Sri Lanka”  … AT https://www.elanka.com.au/nilaveli-beach-hotel-celebrated-its-50th-anniversary-with-bernard-by-michael-roberts-2/

Bernard VanCuylenburg arrived in Colombo on the 1st October and have been at the Nilaveli Beach Hotel, his former employer for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Hotel which took place from the 4th – 6th October.

 

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October 12, 2024 · 12:29 am

A Travelling History Museum in Mannar, Lanka

ITEM in the DAILY MIRROR, September 2024 …… https://www.dailymirror.lk/news-features/In-Mannar-from-Sept-4-11-Its-About-Time-you-visited-the-travelling-history-museum/131-290977

For many Sri Lankan students, history is a boring subject. It’s About Time is a travelling history museum that can change how most of them feel. This unique museum challenges how we as students and adults who once studied history think about the subject. Having visited Kandy, Kurunegala, Badulla, and Batticaloa It’s About Time Travelling History Museum will travel to Mannar from September 4- 11. Entrance to the museum at the Mannar Town Hall will be free for visitors.  The museum will be open from 8 am-5 pm.

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October 10, 2024 · 11:59 pm

Engaging India …. With Love …. Dalrymple

Q and A with William Dalrymple, Historian …. in Q and A in The Weekend Australian Magazine, 21/22 September 2024

William Dalrymple was born in Scotland in 1965, and brought up on the shores of the Firth of Forth. He was educated at Ampleforth and Trinity College, Cambridge where he was first History Exhibitioner then Senior History Scholar.

He is the author of nine books about India and the Islamic world, including City of Djinns , White Mughals, The Last Mughal and Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India.

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