Born into a world that no longer exists

The Long Littleness of Life: A Memoir of Government, the United Nations, Family and Friends by Leelananda De Silva (Stamford Lake Publication) 305pp Rs 1,000/- Reviewed by Jayantha Somasundaram Leelananda De Silva’s autobiography is almost a textbook narrative of the generation that inherited a post-Independent Ceylon. Many of that generation were children of the gentry […]

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