Twilight Reflections – 4
“Home-Coming” Friends The month of April this year is very auspicious for us in Sri Lanka because our traditional New Year (Aluth Avurudu and Puththandu) as well as the festivals … Continue reading
Twilight Reflections – 1
Morning Thoughts at Twilight After many years of living overseas, I am back once more in Colombo. Seated on the veranda in a comfortable armchair and sipping my morning cup … Continue reading
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
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
Birth Centenary of Sam Wijesinha – 27th June 2021
This lovely article by my cousin Rakhita Jayawardena was written as a tribute to my father Sam Wijesinha on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Published in the Sunday Times … Continue reading
Urgent – a strategy to control COVID 19 in Sri Lanka
I am sharing this link on my webpage because I am of the opinion that this article should be disseminated to the widest audience possible. It is a timely article … Continue reading
The Pilot and The Doctor
In the context of the recent resolution against Sri Lanka by the United Nations Human Rights Council (a body where Human Rights matters are taken up and voted on by … 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
Nimalsiri’s Archives
“You can go through life and make new friends every year –every month practically –but there is never any substitute for those friendships of childhood.” -Mma Ramotswe (in Alexander McCall … Continue reading
Sanjiva Wijesinha -writer and physician 
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