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by S. Skandakumar
As the clock moved towards 10.50 a.m ,on January 31, 2021, my mind went back 25 years to that fateful day.
It was a Wednesday, and having finished our weekly meeting of the Parent Board of Directors in the Board Room on the eighth floor of Steuart House around 10.30 am, we sat around to exchange views on matters of a non-official nature as was customary, before returning to our rooms.
Enjoying the view of the sea beyond the Central Bank that faced us from the opposite side of Janadipathi Mawatha, was a favourite pastime of ours on such occasions.
Janadipathi Mawatha on that last day of January was as busy as always as people flocked into the banks, business offices and hotels that stood imposingly along it . Yes, The human traffic on this busy street was as heavy as the vehicular.
(Excerpted from Senior DIG (Rtd.) Edward Gunawardena’s memoirs) Colombo Division was hectic, but it was good fun. All Three of us new ASPs, Brute Mahendran, Cosmo David and I were resident at the Officer’s Mess, Brownrigg Road. Today it is the Senior Officer’s Mess, Keppetipola Mawatha This is because during the JVP insurrection of 1971 […]
by Saman Indrajith
Writing a handbook for a profession of public and social occupation is not easy and this is true for the profession of journalism which is considered an occupation that both supports and sustains the credibility of the decision-making system and drives its functions.
Compiling a handbook for media professionals is hard because it can never be a completed task owing to many practical reasons including the difficulty of providing a clear-cut, all-agreed definition of what journalism is. It has been defined as a job, an art and a profession among many others.
Yet there are a number of handbooks for journalists and some of them have come to attention having been prescribed for the courses of study by various journalism schools both local and foreign. The most recent handbook for journalists was released last week by the Federation of Media Employees’ Trade Union (FMETU), an affiliate of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) and the local member of the Internation
The earliest documented gospel music can be traced to the 17th Century. Hymns and sacred songs were part of the repertoire of many spiritual communities and many churches relied on hand clapping and foot stomping as rhythmic accompaniment.
However, Gospel music gained momentum during the second major African-American migration that occurred at the turn of the 20th Century, when many people moved to the large urban areas of North America. By the 1930s, the African-American community was experiencing changes in religious consciousness. New geographies, realities and expectations became the standard of both those with long-standing residence in the north and those who had recently arrived. The new arrivals still welcomed the jubilant fervour and emotionalism of spiritual gatherings where gospel music was an integral element of the ceremonies.