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I was a ten-year-old, but the memories of the 62 debacle are eidetically etched in my mind; that feeling of helplessness of the elders, their sense of shame, the silent imprecations, the muted curses in private but dignified poise in public, were a temporal marker in the growth of my consciousness as an Indian.
The short war, while it lasted, was an unending season of solemnity and sadness. My father tried to explain to me the enormity of the loss, the depth of our humiliation. I don’t know how much of it sank in me cognitively, but the emotional equivalent seeped through me, as if by a process of osmosis. That moment forever lodged itself like an iron in the soul. My young mind, perhaps in a compensatory behaviour, supported a belief that someday, we will be able to pay back the debt of history.
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Posted on February 9th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Peduru Hewage
William de Silva (1908-1988) was the only son of a wealthy professional family
of Batapola, near Ambalangoda. William studied at the Buddhist Mixed School in Batapola,
then at St. John’s, Panadura, later at Richmond College, Galle, and finally at
Ananda College from which he entered Ceylon University College. He had joined the Suriyamal movement when he
was a student at University College, Colombo. After one year, disenchanted
and bored, he left University College and went abroad for higher studies.
He
went to Oxford, then studied law in London and was called to the Bar in 1940. He was
Posted on February 7th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
Don Philip
Rupasinghe Gunawardene (1901-1972) was born at Boralugoda, Avissawella, in
Hevagam korale. Hewagam Korale, as its
name indicates, had produced many brave hewayo. Philip’s father, Don Jakolis
Rupasinghe Gunawardene was known as ‘Boralugoda Ralahamy’. Boralugoda Ralahamy was
a vidane arachchi.
The
Boralugoda clan was known for their generosity and religious patronage, said
Ananda Meegama. They had strong connections to the Buddhist clergy and the
temples of the area and Philip was brought up in this atmosphere, said Ananda
Meegama.
The family
had deep anti imperialist roots, as well. Philip’s father had been sentenced to