Mr. Maithripala Sirisena’s appearance as the common candidate opposing the incumbent president has thrown the Sri Lankan political scene into whirl. Unfortunately, all we hear from the opposition is that they are going to abolish the presidency, but, exactly how are they going to do? As articulated recently, will the common candidate have the support of the two third of the MPs in the parliament ...
Mr. Maithripala Sirisena’s appearance as the common candidate opposing the incumbent president has thrown the Sri Lankan political scene into whirl. Unfortunately, all we hear from the opposition is that they are going to abolish the presidency, but, exactly how are they going to do? As articulated recently, will the common candidate have the support of the two third of the MPs in the parliament ...
Modi cabinet has six women out of 34 ministers with portfolios or independent charge. Three of the women head powerful ministries such as foreign affairs (Shusham Swaraj), Commerce (Nirmala Sithraman) and Education (Smriti Irani). That is not all. The Modi government’s “throne speech” has a clause which should give some thought our own government which is yet to show a ...
I was suddenly reminded that today is your 102nd birth anniversary. I missed your 100th one but I will not let this one go without writing a few words. Your niece Chulie gave her account, but, let me add my story to complement hers. My life has been and continues to be a joyful one largely to you, my dear teacher! My eyes ...
The MOU signed by the joint opposition was largely about abolishing the presidency, bringing in good governance and not much more. The theme of their latest campaign video – ‘a leader to bring back disappearing human values or මැකෙනා මිනිස්කම් රකිනා නායකයා” — is much more promising. What are these disappearing human values and what structural changes, beyond the abolishing ...
Mrs. Dulcie Ganendra de Silva, former principal at Musaeus and mentor to me and countless others, is no more. Mrs. Silva was the beloved principal and mathematics teacher at Musaeus College from 1963-1972. She continued to receive the adulation of her students throughout her retirement in Brighton, UK. The beginning of Mrs. Silva tenure at Musaeus shows how in those ...
According to the Daily News report on Cabinet meeting of May 27th , the cabinet is deadlocked on 20A. According to other sources, The Cabinet sub-committee appointed for the purpose had an agreement on the proposed adaptation of the New Zealand method with 165 FPP seats and 255 total seats, but, at the larger cabinet meeting differences re-emerged. The meeting ...
Mrs. Dulcie Ganendra de Silva, former principal at Musaeus and mentor to me and countless others, is no more. Mrs. Silva was the beloved principal and mathematics teacher at Musaeaus College from 1963-1972. She continued to receive adulations of her students throughout her retirement in Brighton, UK. The beginning of Mrs. Silva tenure at Musaues shows how those days school ...
Today is Vesak. As a child studying as a boarder at Kalutara Balika and then Musaeus, observing Sil for Poya was mandatory. Sil seemed like a chore then, except on Vesak. Vesak was special. There was always milk toffee or something special with lunch. At Kalutara Balika we did a 24 hour Sil observation for Vesak. (Other days we broke ...
Weerakon, S (2016). දශක හතරක අත්දැකීම් වලින් බිඳක්. Proceedings of the Special Session on Present Status and the Way Forward for Public Universities in Sri Lanka. Ed. Weerakon, S and Perera, S.M., International Industrial Mathematics Conference, Rattanapitiya, Sri Lanka (p.). Colombo: Vidya Publishers. පසු ගියදා ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ ලෙස විශ්රාම ගිය ගණිත මහාචාර්ය සුන්ත්රා වීරකෝන්සා මහත්මියගේ දශක හතරක අත්දැකීම් වලින් ...
Modi cabinet has six women out of 34 ministers with portfolios or independent charge. Three of the women head powerful ministries such as foreign affairs (Shusham Swaraj), Commerce (Nirmala Sithraman) and Education (Smriti Irani). That is not all. The Modi government’s “throne speech” has a clause which should give some thought our own government which is yet to show a ...
My mother Kalapuge Dona Dayawathie Dhalia Gunawardena died on March 31, 2013. She was taken away three days later from the house in Kithulgoda, Agalawatte, where she arrived 68 years ago as a young bride. She was born and educated in Kalutara. Her arrival in Kitulgoda, small village in the hinterland, must have been a culture shock but she adapted ...
Yesterday, the chief justice was impeached through a process that was a sham. I say it is a sham not because I am a legal expert. It is a sham because the process looked petty and vengeful to any ordinary person who is not beholden to the ruling party. An event the day before, where I was verbally abused and ...