Rewriting colonial past through culture Bashabi Fraser was recently awarded one of the highest civilian honours of the UK in the New Years Honours list by the Queen, in recognition of her services to education and culture in Scotland. A chat with the Scottish-Bengali academic, writer and artist Debanjan Chakrabarti | | Published 21.02.21, 06:14 AM
First, huge congratulations on this wonderful achievement, Bashabidi. How did you come to know about your name featuring in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list? What were your first reactions?
In November last year, when I had gone to Calcutta to bring my father back with me to Edinburgh, I received a letter through email bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, from the Ceremonial Officer at the Cabinet Office, addressed to ‘Ba
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A much-awaited opportunity became reality after long discussions, negotiations, debates and deliberations with different stakeholders, when the first two tourist flight arrived in Sri Lanka after having shutdown for nearly a year due to the COVID outbreak worldwide.
The Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport authorities made huge efforts to welcome the two flights consisting of tourists in compliance with operational formalities at the airport with special emphasis on COVID-related health formalities.
While the airport authorities made arrangements to welcome the tourists, Sri Lanka Tea Board Chairman Jayampathy Molligoda made arrangements to welcome the tourists with a cup of Ceylon Tea including traditional sweets and savouries.