{"id":119874,"date":"2021-11-01T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=119874"},"modified":"2021-11-01T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:13:33","slug":"aluminium-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/11\/01\/aluminium-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Aluminium Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

When a man looks into a mirror,\nthe image reflects who he is today. But it also reveals whom he used to be.\nAlthough appearances change, many of the underlying characteristics remain the\nsame. It is the same with ‘Ceylon Today’<\/em>, as the paper celebrates\nits 10th anniversary and reflects on the team behind the newspaper! ‘Ceylon\nToday’<\/em> is an innovative newspaper and was launched in 2011. It is a\nunique and personal gift to its readers and guarantees to make its Aluminium\nanniversary even more special. It gives me great pleasure to write to ‘Ceylon\nToday’<\/em> on its tenth anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The history of my freelance\njournalism goes back to first with the Island<\/em> ( Upali Group of\nNewspapers). Subsequently, with The Sunday Times<\/em>, when Vijitha Yapa\nwas the Editor, and the ‘ Daily News and ‘Sunday Observer<\/em>, the late\nHarold Peiris was the Editor in Chief at Lake House Group of newspapers. My\nmemories go back to my London years, and since returning to my mother country\nin 2006,  I continued with my columns in the Daily News<\/em>,\nwith my weekly column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The Ceylon Today’<\/em> newspaper appealed to me in\nmany respects. Firstly,  its content, interesting and educational\ndaily feature articles, editorials, and the cultural page  ‘Look<\/em>‘.\nWhat more can I say about the beautiful, coloured pictures the newspaper uses\nwith feature articles and given prominence to captions in thick bold letters?\nThese characteristics in a published newspaper certainly attract the reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, I contacted the\npresent Editor Jayantha Sri Nissanka on 21 December 2015 by letter. In return, he\nenthusiastically requested me to be a contributor to ‘Ceylon Today<\/em>.”  From\nthere on, I became a weekly columnist in Ceylon Today<\/em>.  The\nnewspaper since its emergence ten years ago sought to encourage what is sound\nin man and to discourage, often by criticising, what is improper. In other\nwords, as an independent newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a columnist, I always try to\nbalance my writing, but when there is a climate of fear, I have a duty towards\nmy vocation, conscience, truth, and country to highlight\ninjustices.  I believe it is the only way to help any administration\nor a government! How does any administration\/government find hope if\njournalists do not become active?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be an error if a\njournalist allows in identifying failings of an administration all the time and\nmakes his topmost interest, no matter how provocative or painful the situation\naround him. Simultaneously it would be spiritual suicide if he stealthily keeps\nquiet. and it does undermine the foundation of the unification journalists\nseek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My very best wishes for Ceylon\nToday<\/em> newspaper on its Aluminium anniversary, and it is my humble wish\nthat the newspaper goes from strength to strength in the\nfuture.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Tilak S. Fernando<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando When a man looks into a mirror, the image reflects who he is today. But it also reveals whom he used to be. Although appearances change, many of the underlying characteristics remain the same. It is the same with ‘Ceylon Today’, as the paper celebrates its 10th anniversary and reflects on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-drtilak-s-fernando"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}