Sanjiva Wijesinha -writer and physician

Short stories, Travel and Health Information

The Health Benefits of Gardening

As we approach the end of 2022, I find myself beginning to appreciate even more the many benefits of gardening. Of course, in these days when food is so expensive, … Continue reading

November 3, 2022

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

August 11, 2022

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

August 1, 2022

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

July 28, 2022 · 4 Comments

SRI LANKA’S CURRENT CRISIS

July 9, 2022 · 2 Comments

COVID 101 – some Frequently Asked Questions about COVID

With many of my patients now having been vaccinated against COVID or having recovered from a mild episode of COVID (or both), I am now accustomed to being accosted by … Continue reading

March 14, 2022 · 1 Comment

The Camino Cafe – a series of podcasts and videos

My interview with Leigh Brennan I was interviewedlast month by Leigh Brennan for the first episode of Season Two of her Camino Cafe series of podcasts – which are also … Continue reading

December 19, 2021

Can Diabetes be Reversed?

For centuries, Diabetes was considered an incurable disease, the result of the affected person’s body not having enough of the vital hormone Insulin that is required to utilise the sugars … Continue reading

December 15, 2021

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

November 20, 2021 · 2 Comments

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

October 2, 2021 · 1 Comment
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