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By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana What is the most powerful weapon in the world? I doubt that anyone will say it is the human mind. Perhaps, many may give that answer if the question is reworded as ‘what is the most powerful tool in the world?’ It is just a word apart. After all, even the […] ....
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Thus spoke Malini Govinnage Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) Perhaps it was no coincidence. It could be certainly appropriate that Malini Govinnage carried baggage heavier than an average journalist could carry. That baggage was very much literary and added colour to journalism. The field never added colour to her. Govinnage left us to our own devices just last week. Govinnage, so to say, belongs to the rare calibre of journalists who went beyond the usual scope into poetry, translations and publishing. Journalists who work beyond their scope are not so common at this age, though it was in the past. Govinnage was widely known as a bilingual translator of Sinhalese and English literary works. Her English medium contributions appeared in various forms such as book reviews in the Daily News. Be it Sinhala or English, Malini Govinnage’s writing style had a marked simplicity and at times intricacy. ....
By Emeritus Professor Lakshman JayathilakeView(s): Birthday Tribute Don Gunasena Athukorala: I would like to pay tribute to Don Gunasena Athukorala for his contribution to Sri Lanka’s civil engineering profession as an early practitioner, setting high standards for engineers technically and ethically. Don Gunasena was one of the pioneering engineers who joined the State Engineering Corporation (SEC) at its formation in January 1962. He soon rose to become deputy to the eminent A.N.S. Kulasinghe, founding chairman and general manager. Together with other engineers, the Kulasinghe-Athukorala duo grew the Corporation to become the most admired employer-of-choice for aspiring young engineers. Don Gunasena went on to become chairman of the SEC himself. He was also the founding Director of the Headworks division of the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. ....