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The new year greetings of hope for 2021 were marred by the news that ‘Master’ Weerasingham, an English teacher of excellent repute at Royal College who subsequently settled in Canberra had passed away at age 92 Tiddy Wijeratne, Don Abey, Beryl Dias Abeysinghe (widow of a former High Commissioner) and ‘Master’, as he was fondly referred to, were the Canberra senior seniors who graced all our Mission functions regularly despite being handicapped by mobility issues that are normal for those beyond four score and ten. They graciously lit the Lamp to celebrate events and their blessings stayed with us throughout the year. ....
by Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa Efflorescence Going back to the “cultural desert” remark, Goonetilleke records that Jennings thought of “Thurstan Road as an oasis” He was eagerly awaiting the transfer to Peradeniya where ” the desert would blossom like the rose” ( KR, Intro. Xxiii) .As we all know it did indeed. (Let us leave aside the “cultural desert” part.) . Being empowered to “develop” in a separate Faculty, Sinhalese, Tamil, Pali and Sanskrit studies expanded their academic vistas. I think the most momentous development was in the Department of Sinhalese. In Peradeniya, it had come under a new Professor and Head of Department, D.E.Hettiarachchi (B.A.;Ph.D. Lond; M.A.; Ph.D. Calcutta) The study of modern Sinhala literature was added to the curriculum of the Department enlisting the services of Ediriweera Sarachcnadra, a scholar who had been making pioneering studies on modern Sinhala literature, getting him transferred from the Department of Pali. This prov ....