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Aimée Jonklaas Williams: RAF Pilot in Wartime …. and a Remarkable Life
R.T. conveying a Vale from “City Dweller” …. [it is now revealed that “R.T.” is Roger Thiedeman of Melbourne In July this year [2000], Aimée Jonklaas Williams, a woman of Ceylonese birth, died in Spain, just short of her 81st … Continue reading →
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Adieu! Galle Fort’s Burghers …. A Swansong in the Late 1980’s
This extended Video Clip recorded in the late 1980s takes many of us back to disappearing slices of life and its interactions within the Galle Fort, an arena that has been altered in ,but nevertheless retains its old world charm … Continue reading →
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Lindamulagē Isaac De Silva Sri Lanka’s First Sinhala Novelist
Mahendra Amerasekera, in Daily Mirror, 2 November 2020 Recently, when a popular television quiz show asked to name the first Sinhala novelist, theanswer was erroneously stated as Simon de Silva, and the novel as ‘Meena’. The host however was doubtful … Continue reading →
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Irangani Meedeniya steps unto the stage University via Dram-Soc
Tissa Devendra in Island, 14 June 2020, where the title reads “Irangani Meedeniya and Ludowyk’s ‘DramSoc’ “ Madapatha Uditha’s interesting socio-cultural essay, ‘Searching for Irangani’, refers only very briefly to the University plays she adorned – 1947 to 1951. I … Continue reading →
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Vignettes in Assessment of Angela Merkel, A Scientist become World Leader Par Excellence
Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Staff Writer, in an article presented on 28 May 2019 entitled “German chancellor, Harvard’s Commencement speaker, explain her rise to longtime prominence” “Merkel advises graduates: Break the walls that hem you in”
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Randolph Ranjith Alwis of Sri Lanka & Adelaide: Epitaphs in Depth
ONE: from Victor Rebikoff OAM, and Former FECCA Chair 1992-96 I am deeply honored to have been asked by the Alwis family to provide this personal eulogy on my close friend Randolph Alwis AM whom I have known for over … Continue reading →
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Irangani Serasinghe: A Beacon for Her Times …. Versatility Unconfined
Madapatha Uditha, in The Island, 17/18 June 2020, with this title “Searching for Irangani” …. while highlighting is an imposition from The Editor, Thuppahi Irangani Serasinghe turned 93 on Tuesday, June 9 If the reputations of actors can be compared … Continue reading →
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The Spy Thriller: John le Carre leaves us ….
Jason Steger, in Sydney Morning Herald, 14 December 2020, where the title runs thus: “A sit-down with a spy novelist: what John le Carre learnt from the secret service” “When you enter the secret world and you are engaged in the … Continue reading →
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“Punchi”: A Font of Cultural Knowledge so Generous in His Aid to One-and-All
Michael Roberts Punchibanda Meegaskumbura would not demand a Professor’s title before his name if he could see us today. He was of the Sinhala people and a man for all peoples – rooted in simplicity, but blessed with many skills. … Continue reading →
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Highlights of the Jesuit Era at St. Aloysius College, Galle
K. K. de Silva, as Compiler……. (at Sacred Heart Convent: 1943-44; then at SAC:1945 -1958; on Staff in 1959) … with highlighting being the work of The Editor, Thuppahi Introduction St. Aloysius College & St. Mary’s Cathedral stand together on … Continue reading →
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