Susantha Wijesinghe. CEYLON, years ago so serene, Culture, Discipline ever pristine, D.S. known as Father of the Nation, Loved and left with perpetual ovation. ƒ”š‚  Pearly Ceylon, to SRI LANKA in metamorphosis, Created in mind a doubtful crisis, Things changed with whimsical fantasy, By trial and error withƒ”š‚ Maavo ƒ”š‚ bureacracy. ƒ”š‚  Many a PM, President, since […]

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By Shelton Gunaratne, author of Village Life in the Forties: Memories of a Lankan Expatriate (Bloomington, IN: iUniverse); and From Village Boy to Global Citizen Vol. 1& Vol.2 (Bloomington, IN: Xlibris). This year’s was my first trip to Trincomalee (pop. 99,135), the administrative center of the Eastern Province occupying an area of 750 hectares spreading […]

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