සොඳුරු සාහිත්‍යධර,මඩවල එස්.රත්නායක – 27 වන ගුණානුස්මරණය . – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. තණ්හා ආශා ඔලොගු කරේ ලා මඟ තොට නොබලා වගතුග නොසොයා එළිය දකින්නද මේ යන්නේ ඒ… සැපත සොයන්නද මේ… පණ්ඩිත් අමරදේව ශුරීන්ගේ භාවාත්මක සර ඔබ මතකයට නංවමින් මෙම සමරු සටහන ආරම්භ කිරීම මැනවයි මට හැඟීණි . සසර සරණ පුහුදුන් මිනිසුන්ගෙන් තත් පැනය විමසූ ,එවන් අර්ථ පුර්ණ ,හෘදයාංගම ගීත රැසකින් ගීත සාහිත්‍යය පැහැසර කළ සාහිත්‍ය වේදියෙක් ,දිවියෙන් සමු ගෙන 2024 ජනවාරි 08 දිනට 27 වසරක් සපිරේ. හේ මඩවල රත්නක අච්චිලාගේ සිරිසේන නොහොත් මඩවල එස්.රත්නායක ප්‍රඥාවන්ත සාහිත්‍යධරයාය. අපට ඔහු මුලින්ම හමුවන්නේ,60 දශකයේ අග භාගයේදී ,ගුවන්විදුලි මහගෙදර ටිකිරි සිනා රැළි ළමා වැඩසටහන තුළිනි. ප්‍රියශීලී ,අහිංසක සිනා රැල්ලෙන් සිය නිහතමානීත්වය ප්‍රකට කළ ,වඩා උස නොවූ මේ විශිෂ්ට සුන්දර මිනිසා ළමුන් අතර මහත් සම්භාවනාවට පත්ව සිටි අයුරු මගේ මතකයට නැගේ. Image Source : sundayobserver 1950 වසරේදී ඔහු වෘත්තීය දිවියට පාතබන්නේ ලේක්හවුස් ආයතනයේ, දිනමිණ පත්‍රයේ කතුවරයෙක් ලෙසිනි. අනතුරුව 1952 දී ලංකාදීප පුවත් පතට සම්බන්ධවේ.තමන් වෙත සහජයෙන් උරුමවූ නිර්මානාත්මක හැකියාවන් මුවහත් කර ගැනීම පිණිස,1954 වසරේ ඔහු පත්තර රස්සාවෙන් සමුගන්නේ,.ගුවන්විදුලියේ සංගීත වැඩසටහන් අංශයේ පැවති පුරප්පාඩුවකට ඔහු තෝරා ගැනීම නිසාය. ගුවන් විදුලියේ ජන ගී පර්යේෂණ වැඩසටහන් ආරම්භ කිරීමේ ගෞරවය මොහුට හිමිවේ.. ...
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Sri Lanka: Salvaging MV Goshan – Sri Lanka Guardian First ODU, ship salvage Diver (US trained), Royal Marines Green beret Commando(UK), who was father and founder of SLN During and Salvage Unit and old St Thomas Rugby Player Commander Marty Somasundarum ( Retired) now living in Australia. 86 years old legend recollect his memories of Ship Salvage Operation ( probably first major Salvage Operation by Royal Ceylon Navy after establishing Diving and Salvage Unit) of an operation done 60 years ago ( in 1964)…….. Commander ( SSD) Marty Somasundarum ( Retired) with Captain ( MCD ) Ranjith Wettewa and Navy Commander VADM Priyantha Perera at Melbourne, Australia last month https://slguardian.org/sri-lanka-salvaging-mv-goshan/ ...
Fabulous Bird Snaps from Marcel Bandaranaike in Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Changeable Hawk Eagle ALSO SEE http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/top-seven-wild-sri-lanka-flagship-species Pond Heron at Thalawatugoda Pond herons at Bundala Scaley-Breasted Munia– Nuwara Eliya Serpent Eagle — owning the sky young Malbar Hornbill Crested Hawk Eagle Changeable Hawk Eagle Asian Koel at Thalagama off Colombo Asian Paradise Flycatcher at Thanamalwila Black Hooded Oriole Talangama Chestnut Hooded Beeeater– Wilpattu Egrets at Korna Wewa Yala ...
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Marcel Bandaranaike strikes wild life gold at Yala-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis From THE OLD ALOYSIAN with thanks to Marcel a sloth bear trudges down the track … while a leopard ruminates over his kill elephants at Menik Ganga crocs bask at Korna Wewa … . …while one lunges at deer elsewhere early morn blues …. and a cautious quenching of thirst . deer on the move ...
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A British Bike-Man’s Bike Ride in Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis A Beautiful tale … with British humour … and stunning pictures …. disguising the hard yards A MUST SEE: http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1687848 Robs’ Sri Lanka Trip Rob at Dondra head … southernmost point In the temple courtyard, a school lesson was taking place (pic). I’m always intrigued by the fact that the further away you get from England, the more spotlessly white the children’s uniforms. at Uda Walawe National Park the main thing was the elephants, and we saw zillions of them, lumbering around and munching vast clumps of vegetation. Many were family groups, such as this mother and baby (pic). We also spotted kingfishers, mongooses, painted storks, peacocks, serpent eagles, buffalo, crocodiles, various fat lizards, and two chameleons, but obviously the photos of them didn’t come out because they blended into the background as soon as they saw us. and ONLY IN SRI ...
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Birds and Wild Life at Bundala Park, Lanka, January 2018-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Zac Roberts Ronald an ALIYA munching munchy marsh grass Brahminy Kite Painted Stork Crested Hawk Eagle Intermediate Egret Peahen Grey Heron Black-winged Stilt Intermediate Egret White breasted Kingfisher Asian Openbill just a rear view … with the paint still on A crocodile in repose A Lad in flight ...
Finchy calls stumps after BBL|13 Melbourne Renegades legend Aaron Finch will call time on his incredible KFC Big Bash career, announcing this BBL|13 season will be his last. One of Australian cricket’s greatest white ball players, the 37-year-old confirmed the news at Marvel Stadium on Thursday evening ahead of the Renegades clash with the Hobart Hurricanes. A Melbourne Renegades player since the inception of the competition, Finch’s impact on the club, league and fans has been profound. Finch’s unwavering commitment to the club saw him captain the side for nine consecutive seasons, between BBL|02 and BBL|10, leading the Renegades to their maiden BBL title in BBL|08. He is the club’s leading scorer with 3311* runs and sits behind only Chris Lynn on the Big Bash League’s all-time runs tally, among a host of accolades. Reflecting on his extraordinary career at both international and domestic level, Finch said he has “loved ...
HAPPY 98TH BIRTHDAY YVES KELAART Source : SPC Melbourne Today (4/1/2024) marks another milestone for the 3rd oldest known Peterite in the world (The oldest known being Joe Forbes at 100 and Jaya Peiris who is already 98) The Melbourne OBSC send our heartfelt wishes for your continued good health Yves lives in Melbourne with his wife of 74 years ,Mina , and their 12 children .Of his 7 sons , 5 attended College. ...
Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 191 04 01 2024 Happy New Year! Some super young people are on the show today – a cricket author, storytellers with a wish list & budding restaurateurs rubbing Shoulders – plus a quick look at the Financial Stability Review, Louis Vuitton’s latest, underwater volcanoes & economic vignettes! 2024 is off to a good start! ...
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