MAKING OF CRICKET BATS – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam Bats are carved specially from white willow (Salix Alba) which is found in Europe and Central Asia. This wood being light in weight, is tough and shock resistant, which means that it could handle high speed impact of a cricket ball without splintering. Tree which is ten years old, and with trunk 10 feet long, is ideal for making bats. Manufacture of bats is a blend of old tradition and modern methods. Trunk of willow is cut into roughly cricket bat sized chunks known as clefts and then carved into the familiar bat shape. Their ends are dipped in wax and are air dried for up to an year. Clefts are graded then into four levels using the criteria of straightness of the grain, width of the grain, any blemishes etc. Next the cleft goes through pressing process, where a machine ...
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Festival of Cricket UK hosted by Merchant Taylors’ School London – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam – President FOC 2013 Merchant Taylors’ school, one of the leading boys’ schools in England, was established in central London in 1561 and moved to the present location in the moor park region in 1933. It stands on 285 acres of land with 10 cricket pitches. It had the honour of staging the silver jubilee event of Festival of Cricket of Srilankan old boys’ associations in UK. One may ask the link between it and Srilanka, and the answer lies on one person; Major H.L. Reed, who was a student in Merchant Taylors’ school and principal of Royal College Colombo, who moulded his foster school along the lines of his Alma Mater. Quite fittingly, that picturesque venue was chosen to host the silver jubilee event of this prestigious Srilankan event, under ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Royal wins UK Festival of Cricket 2022 – Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam 32nd annual UK festival of cricket was held after a lapse of three years on 10th of July at Hainault Recreation grounds in East London borough of Redbridge. The event is based on seven-a-side cricket tournament among the constituent old boys associations, which also provides entertainment to the visitors in the form of music from band stand, food stalls dishing out Srilankan foods and trade stalls merchandising Srilankan goods, leading to fun and camaraderie among Sri lankans of varying vintage. Venue has eight pitches to play cricket and the ninth one is used for car park, stalls and amusement. Coincidentally, the chief guest HE High Commissioner was daughter of an old Royalist, and the guest of honour His Worshipful Mayor of Redbridge Council is an old Royalist, to make it one Royal affair. Distinguished guests and invitees were hosted ...
Jul 22, 2022
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TRANSFORMING NORTHERN PROVINCE INTO MULTI BILLION ECONOMY – by Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam At present, northern province is the most economically backward region, resulting from economic embargo for 25 years and war related destruction, coupled with post conflict neglect by governments. Unfortunately, there are no Tamil politician with initiative, knowledge or capability to get the region out of this situation into a zone of plenty and uplift the people to a life of prosperity. Growth index is calculated as a sum of consumer spending, state spending, investments and trade. All these aspects will be considered to transform the economy. With an intelligent, industrious and frugal population, it will not be hard to achieve this dream if proper guidance is given Development projects can be classified according to necessity, as immediate, short term or long term or according to magnitude, as minor, intermediate or mega. Immediate needs of people of northern province ...
Apr 15, 2022
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Royal College Colombo – REPAYING THE DEBT WE OWED – by Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam (58 Group) “That we had accumulated within the shade of your features and beneath the sway of our teachers” Trod the path of fathers Race Course Avenue Boake Gate West Wing Lobby Old Class Room Hall – Front View Hall – Stage Hall – Balcony Hall – Name Boards Arriving on the first day by travelling down Race Course Avenue and assembling in west wing lobby to be allocated their respective classes, marks the beginning of a long journey. When entering through Boake gates for the first time, one is destined to be groomed to join the elite of the country. Learnt of books and men Lecture Theatre Chemistry Lab Biology Lab Library Art Room Music Room Little Theatre Cadet March Unlike the motto ...
Mar 21, 2021
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DRILLS FOR LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS – by DR.GNANA SANKARALINGAM Success of an event depends on the President of the organisation who should possess good knowledge of the event, have demonstrable capability and also ability to lead from the front. For an important event like silver jubilee, President must have been a member ofthe organisation for long time holding various important positions including that of an executive, and demonstrated his capability by heading leading associations in organising social and sporting events. The elected President had these qualities needed to deliver it, and the choice proved correct. If President has new ideas to raise profile of the event, he needs right persons for the positions, in order to execute them. Selection must be made on merit as criteria, with a mix of veterans of proven performance and novices of potential excellence to the team. This method of appointing chairmen had desired ...
Jan 30, 2021
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Light railway system for Jaffna peninsula-By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam A light railway system to cover important parts of the Jaffna peninsula is a prudent and pragmatic proposal, which will make travelling easy for people living there Source:FT This proposal is for the construction of a light railway system for Jaffna peninsula, which when fully operational will boost local economy and pave the way for other infrastructure schemes. Jaffna peninsula is the second most densely populated region in Sri Lanka next to Colombo District. It also has within its limited territory an airport, harbour, university with almost every faculty, teaching hospitals, Government institutions and industrial zones similar to Colombo District. Thus a light railway system to cover important parts of the peninsula is a prudent and pragmatic proposal, which will make travelling easy for people living there. Jaffna peninsula is also a built up area, less compact than Colombo District, which ...
Light Railway System for Jaffna Peninsula Dr.Gnana Sankaralingam This proposal is for construction of light railway system for Jaffna peninsula, which when is fully operational, will boost local economy and pave the way for other infrastructure schemes. Jaffna peninsula is the second most densely populated region in Sri Lanka next to Colombo district. It also has within its limited territory airport, harbour, university with almost every faculty, teaching hospitals, government institutions and industrial zones similar to Colombo district. Thus a light railway system to cover important parts of the peninsula is a prudent and pragmatic proposal, which will make travelling easy for people living there. Jaffna peninsula is also a built up area, less compact than Colombo district, which could pose problem due to opposition by people when their property is encroached by the tracing of the routes. Due to concentration of middle class families in the peninsula, ...
Dec 10, 2020
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