Sri Lanka Needs not another Regime Change – but a Mindset Change
I am reproducing this sober and thoughtful analysis of the current situation in Sri Lanka by my friend Prof Janek Ratnatunga in order to give his views wider publicity. From the … Continue reading
Cometh the Hour
Citizen Silva, columnist of the Sunday Times, provides a different perspective of Sri Lanka’s new president. I am sharing his/her article on my own webpage to give it a wider … Continue reading
The Wickremesinghe Presidency – an analysis by Anura Gunasekera
I am reproducing this excellent analysis of the current political situation in Sri Lanka by my friend Anura Gunasekera in order to give his views wider publicity. July 20th 2022 … Continue reading
As You Like It – by the Melbourne Theatre Company
Simon Phillips directs a delightful production of Shakespeare’s ‘Rom-Com’ as Melbourne welcomes a return to live theatre. Having throughly enjoyed the opening night at the Sumner Theatre last Thursday, I … Continue reading
THE POST-COVID WORLD
Can we predict the new ‘Normality’? The two countries that I have been most interested in during this Covid pandemic -Sri Lanka and Australia – have both been lagging behind … Continue reading
Dr. David (Devendranathan) Chanmugam – an Eulogy
One of the best teachers I had in Medical School was Dr David (Devendranathan) Chanmugam. He was someone who simplified complicated medical subjects for us students. His lectures were succinct … Continue reading
To Vaccinate or Vacillate?
It is gratifying for us to note that Australia is finally beginning to get its population efficaciously vaccinated against COVID – having bungled the initial roll-out of its vaccination programme. … Continue reading
Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Twenty nine years since his untimely death on 8th August 1992, we remember one of the finest officers to have served in the Sri Lanka Army. I am posting on … Continue reading
Living in Covid Times
A conversation with Prof Leon Piterman: I was having a chat the other day with my friend Professor Leon Piterman. Now Leon, former head of the department of General Practice … Continue reading
Sanjiva Wijesinha -writer and physician 
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