I had just graduated from my degree, and I was aimless at home. I was looking out for jobs, but there were few and far between.My father told me he is going to Yala with one of his closest friends Uncle Stefan, and I jumped at the idea and asked if I could tag along.The journey began from Colombo, and ...
Today, as I write, the 4th day of April, 2020, Raj Amirthiah turned 85. Now I have never met the gentleman. And yet, I have. This I realized reading a post from his son Ranil, my friend, former colleague at Phoenix O&M and in my view one of the foremost entertainers of my generation. Ranil Amirthiah posted the following on ...
The Jungle Cat, one of the most elusive and rare felines found on the island. Very few people are even aware of its existence, and yet they are found in most parts of rural Sri Lanka.At first glance , you might mistake it for a normal house cat, but looking closer you will notice, its taller and long legged, as ...
Yala or Ruhunu National Park is the most famous Safari destination in Sri Lanka. The park was out of bounds for a few years due to a terrorist attack in 1996, therefore even after Yala was re opened to the public the school did not want take any risks by taking young school chindren into a place with another possible ...
I will never forget the first meeting of the Wildlife Society which I attended in 1997. I was the youngest member, and all the other boys were seniors in their late teens. This did not hold me back and I signed up for the first trip of the year, which was a 5 day camping excursion to Udawalawe. The cost ...
Even in the flood of well-meaning, ill-intended, harmless, spirit-lifting and depressing posts, sometimes a soft, pink petal makes its presence felt. This is the quote that floated up from the void. Voltaire. ‘Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.’Well, this is a shipwreck unlike any in remembered history. The downside is that we ...
The recent outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) has turned the whole world upside down in a matter of days. With this new pandemic everyone has started dusting old memories and trying to understand the fate of humankind, because more or less this hasn’t been the first time the human race has faced a challenge beyond ...
