by ECB Wijeyasinghe Schoolboys at the bottom of the class, wherever they May be, can take heart from at least one dominating figure in Ceylon history. In his youth he preferred playing with a bat and ball to poring over boring text-books. In course of time, by sheer industry and integrity, the last lad in […]
by ECB Wijeyesinghe When the sun comes over the mountains, Washington DC in August can be as hot as – well, as Colombo in April. For one thing, it is a good change from the misery of a London summer when it sizzles and drizzles alternately. In the capital of the US the moods of […]
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D B Dhanapala, has quit this mortal life, leaving behind a trail of legends that will place him in the Golden Book of Ceylon Journalists, if ever there is one. He was not merely a famous writer. He was a phenomenon who created a new genre in journalism. He took the meanest of Anglo-Saxon phrases […]
by ECB Wijeyesinghe Had Don Stephen Senanayake been alive he would have been 95 yesterday. To use his own familiar phrase, actually, as a matter of fact, he was born on Oct. 20, 1884. By an ironic twist of Fate, this ardent crusader for temperance, first saw the light of day in the village of […]