A Collection derived from Digital internet sources and with special thanks to Hugh Karunanayake in Melbourne for some great finds, including the shot of the New Oriental Hotel in Galle Fort in the 1910s, the dhony and the coastal steamers plying the island’s coasts.
Young Leonard Woolf …. & then a mustachioed Woolf
Woolf and his dogs in Jaffna
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In “Growing”, the second volume of his autobiography, Leonard Woolf tells us how he lost his virginity. According to him, he was riding down the main street of Jaffna, one evening in 1905, an apprentice representative of the British Empire, when he happened to look into a verandah and saw a burgher girl sitting there. It was a fleeting glance over some blinds but she smiled at him and he smiled at her. A short time later, with a “minute” boy who had chased after him acting as intermediary, she had arranged to sleep with him that night and she did. She is subsequently revealed to have been the mistress of a Jaffna lawyer and is convicted of using indecent and abusive language outside the lawyer’s house. As Woolf tells the story, Dutton, the police magistrate, naively took the young woman’s side and paid the fine, much to the amusement of the people of Jaffna.Filed under authoritarian regimes, British colonialism, centre-periphery relations, cultural transmission, disparagement, economic processes, ethnicity, governance, heritage, historical interpretation, island economy, land policies, landscape wondrous, life stories, performance, photography, politIcal discourse, self-reflexivity, Sri Lankan scoiety, Tamil civilians, transport and communications, travelogue, unusual people, working class conditions, world events & processes
Nandasiri Jasentuliyana aka J.L.N. De Silva
Back Row L to R: E.W.G. Hamilton,;Lalith Fernando; Gnanam Benjamin; Amarasiri Liyanage; Parakrama Waidyanatha; R.L. De. Silva; Montgomery Austin; Walter Gurusinghe; Hemasiri Hettige; Chitral Jayawardena; Tudor Jayasuriya.
The venue of Richmond College intercollegiate matches has always been the famed Galle Cricket Grounds with a backdrop of the historic Galle Fort. It is considered one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world, nestled against the Indian Ocean, with the Galle ramparts adding to the scenic setting. The massive clock tower highlights this staging atop the Dutch Fort and the butterfly bridge, enhancing the already beautiful landscape. Before being brought up to international cricket standards, the venue was known as ‘The Esplanade’. It was the home ground of the Galle Cricket Club.
Nick Gibbs, in 7 News, 24 May 2022, where the title runs thus “Biloela ready to Welcome Home the Murugappans”
Supporters of the Tamil family held in immigration detention believe their plight changed votes in Qld as the town of Biloela prepares to welcome them home.
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Link to case CV 21 00663853 and CV 21 00668250 hearing – May 25th
Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition (SLCAC) …. Nepean, Canada, 25 MAY 2022 —
Ayubowan !
We had a great hearing day yesterday where Cambridge LLP representing Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition and Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton along with Mr. Hasaka Rathnamalala representing Dr. Neville Hewage making successful hearing in front of Justice Akbaralli of the Ontario Superior Court.
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Shashank Kishore*&* at ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2022,
“At the auction table, we spent 90-95% of our purse on putting together our first XI. We worked hard on data to work on the players we wanted. We put emphasis on experience at the moment. We have a smattering of youngsters who will become stars later, but our first XI has a strong share of seasoned internationals… Wins don’t just happen. It takes a lot of planning, hard work, execution on the field.” ……………… Royals’ director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara says reaching the final is a culmination of a process they started even before the auction
KK De Silva
The Bandaranaike Assassination case continues to fascinate readers, because two of the three persons convicted of the crime were Buddhist monks.
Bhikkhu Talduwa Somarama was sentenced to death & the death sentence was carried out in July 1962, but he converted to Christianity a few days before the date set for the execution. Rev. Fr. Mathew Peiris, a controversial priest even then, was the Christian Prison Chaplain & was believed to have convinced him to convert to Christianity & there was much speculation at the time about this conversion. He was baptized as Peter.
Malinda Seneviratne, in Email Memo
If you really really wish to know who controls our economy regardless of who we elect…………… read this passage, 10,001 times over and over… it is they who should be sent to their homes..
Multinational conglomerates like Unilever, etc., infiltrate international agencies, including the UN system. With their effective intelligence networks, they can even destabilize governments. While making use of the military and diplomatic power of international capitalism as represented by the USA, they in turn serve its political interests.
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