by Leelananda de Silva One day in late November 1970, I received a telephone call from Professor H.A.de.S Gunasekara who had been appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Employment (MY/P&E) in July 1970. This was the same ministry of planning and economic affairs of Dr. Gamani Corea, but it changed its name […]
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(Continued from last week) by Walter R. Gooneratne Now it was story-time. Unlike the garrulous Wasthua, Garuwa was a quiet and retiring person and a man of few words. However, under the influence of that extra quota of alcohol, his tongue loosened up and he related his adventure with the bear which ultimately ended with […]
by Goolbai Gunasekara Although I am now an ex- Principal of an International School, I am still asked the same questions albeit in varied degrees of anxiety, “Did you have much trouble having boys and girls in the same class?” I interpret the question correctly as being, “Did you have trouble BETWEEN boys and girls […]
by Walter R. Gooneratne (continued from last week) As this would be our last day, we decided to trek to two fabulous places as described by Babun. There were two large plains called Waraketiya and Dananayake Eliya. They were about six miles from camp towards Muduntalawa. The track was again riddled with fresh pug marks […]