COVID Vaccination – a false sense of security?
With our state of Victoria in Australia – and specifically the city of Melbourne where I am staying – having come out of many weeks of lock-down last month after … Continue reading
The Illusion of Development
I thought of sharing this excellent Opinion Piece published a week ago in the popular Sri Lanka Sunday Newspaper, The Sunday Times as well as the morning daily The Sunday … Continue reading
Vaccines won’t end the COVID pandemic!
With vaccines against the Coronavirus becoming available in the near future – Britain has already commenced vaccinating its population this week with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine– and US President-elect Joe Biden … Continue reading
“Ninety nine point nine percent recover from COVID”- Right?
Despite former US president Donald Trump foolishly claiming during his debate last month with the now incoming president Joe Biden “COVID is a mild disease – 99.9% of affected patients … Continue reading
Deepa Mehta sets the screen ablaze again…..
I am sharing this excellent article by journalist Aparita Bhandari which was published last week in Canada’s largest circulating newspaper The Globe and Mail It is about director Deepa Mehta’s … Continue reading
Trump or No Trump?
I am sharing this article from today’s edition of The Sunday Times – written by popular Sri Lankan journalist Citizen Silva in his column ‘Monthly Musings’. It certainly provides food … Continue reading
Deepa Mehta’s New Film Funny Boy
World Movie premiere on Netflix on 10th December TV Broadcast premiere on CBC (Canada) on 4th December Watch Video: Deepa Mehta talks about her new film Funny Boy Oscar nominated … Continue reading
The Pleasures of Reading
“I find television to be very educational. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book” – Groucho Marx (1890-1977) I remember … Continue reading
Deepa Mehta’s Movie ‘Funny Boy’ to premiere in December
I am delighted to be able to report that the iconic Oscar nominated Canadian film-maker Deepa Mehta’s latest film, an adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s novel Funny Boy, will premiere on … Continue reading
Why Wear Masks?
During the several decades that I worked as a hospital doctor, I spent many of my working hours wearing a mask. In my early years, these masks were made of … Continue reading
Sanjiva Wijesinha -writer and physician 
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