CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY By Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum chandij@sympatico.ca A Surprise at the Union AGM The hotel union of Coral Gardens was hoping to deal with the new Manager, Major Siri Samarakoon more effectively with input from […]
On the 98th Death Anniversary which falls on January 9, 2022 Compiled by Sega Nagendra and Suresh Murugaser, great grandchildren of Sir P. Arunachalam FAMILY Ponnambalam Arunachalam was the youngest Son of Gate Mudaliyar A. Ponnambalam. He was born on September 14, 1853, to a highly respected and a well-educated professional family originally from Manipay, […]
Prof. Romila Thapar to deliver Roland Silva Memorial Lecture online Prof. Romila Tharpar will deliver online The Dr. Roland Silva Memorial Lecture on “The History of the Museum in India” at the 141st Session of the Monthly Lecture Series of The National Trust on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 at 6.00 pm, the Trust announced last […]
by ECB Wijeyesinghe Those who think that all good Burghers, when they die, go to Holland, are sadly mistaken. The best of them, in life and death, have not only hitched their waggons to the fluctuating fortunes of this little island, but rendered such signal service to the land of their birth that they have […]
By Uditha Devapriya (with Uthpala Wijesuriya) Most accounts of education reform in British Ceylon focus on officials and administrators, rather than the people on the ground and the historical forces they had to contend with. Very little effort, indeed next to no effort, is made to situate reforms in a broader historical context. Works like […]