Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The editorial of a daily English newspaper in Sri Lanka on 14 November 2015, under the caption Honouring Ven. Sobitha” seemed apt, forceful and conveyed a message to the nation that all those eloquent eulogies and glowing tributes paid to the late monk at the funeral, from a very place the […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Dr. Sivali Ratwatte answered the inevitable call from above on 16 November 2014 after a brief illness, having lived a full life, at the age of 91, to the unfathomable emotions of many who associated with him and loved him. He hailed from the exceedingly reputable   Barnes Ratwatte family. Dr. […]

OPINION BY  Dr Tilak S  Fernando  If there is anything that saturates the overall news on television and newspapers these days, excluding an eye full of politics, then certainly the road accidents and associated deaths take an equal share to dominate news. Last year statistics revealed a figure of 35,000 road accidents, out of which 2439 […]

Dr.Tilak S.Fernando  The present unpredictable scenario in world politics is certainly conveying an important message universally to the entire world population.  The recent general election results in the UK were astonishing, unexpected and amazing! David Cameron’s sweeping victory shattered all predictions of politicians, political pundits and media analysts and managed to send the main opposition […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando  Dr. Abdul Kalam, who was one of India’s most respected leaders and the 11th President, answered the inescapable call last week from above suddenly. He was considered as an outstanding statesman India ever produced. Dr. Kalam was also regarded as the ‘missile man of India’ who strongly advocated ‘an action […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Flaunting of a counterfeit ‘ National flag’ during hysterical remonstrations organised by a ‘handful of frontline organisers of the  ‘ bring back Mahinda brigade’ prior to the nominations day managed to disturb the national hornet’s nest and triggered more damage to their own self image, merely by the denuding their […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Bandiya nee Peter Wijesinghe Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir […]

By Dr.Tilak S. Fernando Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘ hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir Oliver Goonatillake in […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘ hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir Oliver Goonatillake in […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Part 6 Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘ hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir Oliver Goonatilleke […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘hack & burn’peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir Oliver Goonatillake in 1948, married […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘ hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir Oliver Goonatillake in […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando  Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘ hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir Oliver Goonatillake in […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando During the Easter Weekend, a Sunday Newspaper highlighted the tragic death of an eighteen-year-old British girl who succumbed to death by falling off the moving Matara-Kandy express train at Payagala station. She was later identified as the daughter of the former European Union Ambassador, Bernard Savage, in Sri Lanka from 2009 […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando  SIR OLIVER GOONATILLAKE & LORD MOUNTBATTEN  Continuation of a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘ hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando  The following is a fascinating true to life story of Wijesim Peelige Bandiya, son of a Kandyan ‘ hack & burn’ peasant farmer, who sailed away from the Colombo harbour to the UK at a very tender age, with only three Australian pounds in his pocket, accompanied by Sir Oliver […]

Dr. Tilak Fernando It was a period when the JVP (Peoples’ Liberation Front) had been quite active in Sri Lanka and its branch activities were beginning to take root fibrously from every corner of the island. ‘Sus’ (fictitious name) had been an undergraduate of University of Keleniya and a harmless youth. His father, an employee […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando Like human beings, animals too do many different and amazing things – some of them ‘migrate’. This means they travel to other places when the weather is very cold, the ground surface freezes and it is too hard for birds to pull worms from the soil, so they have to look elsewhere. Individuals […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando On the 4th of March 2015, Sri Lanka lost one of the most admired personalities in London. Born to a suburban Sinhala family background in Bentota, Buddhadasa Bodhinayake blossomed as an outstanding character from his secondary education at Ananda College and became a man of the world! At Ananda College he […]

By Dr.Tilak S. Fernando     The practice of diplomacy, which is one of the essential elements of a state, has been applied from time immemorial. Although, Milan has gone on record for sending its first representative to the Court of France in 1455, yet they refused a ‘give-and-take action’ fearing espionage and feasible involvement […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The validity of an article published in a newspaper, magazine, web page or in the Internet is measured by the response it receives out of the number of feedbacks from readership after its publication. To evaluate its effect, newspapers usually devote a special column called ‘ Citizens’ Mail ‘ or  ‘ […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The common candidate at the recent presidential election, Maitreepala Sirisena, zoomed to power with the slogan of ‘yaha palanaya’, focusing mainly on the theme of eradicating bribery and corruption with a sincere promise to bring all those offenders to book, irrespective of their position or power. With this he managed to […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando UK’s Labour Party Councillors organised a meeting in a town called London Colney, Hertfordshire in 2007. They had appropriately focused on the topic of ‘Terrorism prevalent in Sri Lanka’ at the time. Douglas Wickremaratne, President of the Sinhala Association in London, was afforded the opportunity of being the guest speaker at this Labour […]

 Dr. Tilak S. Fernando The Editor TAX ON HYBRID VEHICLES  Although the new Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake, in his first 100-day revolutionary interim budget for 2015, managed to offer a significant relief to consumers by reducing the prices of thirteen items, yet he seems to have overlooked a vital area when it comes to […]

Dr.TILAK  S. FERNANDO It is with unfathomable emotion that I pen these words to express my deep emotions on the demise of my good friend Vohara de Silva, who answered his final call from above, a few days ago. The sad news reached me after the funeral had already taken place on the 10th of […]

FEATURES- Dr. Tilak Fernando  London has today become one of the most congested cities in the world and, with it; parking has become a nightmare to motorists in this city! This is mainly because the local borough councils have taken over this area and turned it into a money-spinning exercise to generate additional income for […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando After glancing through a recent Sunday newspaper article on a new resolution adopted by the 193 member UN General Assembly surrounding the mysterious plane crash that took place as far back as in 1961 in which the Swedish born UN Secretary General Dr. Dag Hammarskjöld perished with another 15 members of the team, […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando Sri Lanka, originally known as ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’, with full of spiritual values and treasures had appeared as a magnet for travellers from around 350 BC. After going through a complete metamorphoses of names ranging from Taprobane, Simundu, Salike, Sila Diva, Serendib and Zeilan, finally the island was known as ‘Ceylon’ […]

Dr. Tilak Fernando It was an open secret that A.C. S. Hameed, during his two terms in office as the Foreign Minister in a Sri Lankan Government Cabinet, ran the Ministry according to his own whims and fancies by treating this most prestigious government institution as his own personal establishment! He made some bewildering moves, […]