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“WILL SHE, OR WON’T SHE” A story that immediately caught my eye, as it has been written by a member of the “Senior Force” (Navy), about a giant sea-turtle affectionately known as Mrs. Willy. It is a most nostalgic tale, also about the Sri Lankan Naval Base in Trincomalee, surrounded by the largest natural harbour in the World, sparkling blue water under what seemed like perpetual sunny skies. “Trinco” , as I remember it, when I served in the Royal Ceylon Navy for almost nine years, was a beautiful little Town on the east coast of the Island, and although I was never “drafted” there, for any length of time, I did go there, on occasion, and what I remember most, is the fact that on visiting the beaches there, one could then walk out into the Indian Ocean to a distance of many hundreds of metres before having ...

Jun 22, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Mrs.Willy, Sri Lankan Naval Base in Trincomalee Comments 0

“WE LIVE AND LEARN” – By Des Kelly This has always been one of my favourite sayings. As long as we are alive, chances are that we will always learn something new. There have always been, and always will be, some “know it all” Characters who go around, pretending to know everything, but the fact remains that they are wrong. Their Intelligence quota may be slightly higher in some respects, but this does not mean that they are perfect. Education is the only asset one carries to his/her grave, and in the University of life, everyone learns something new, as they trundle along to where this writer is, right at the moment, I like to call it “The Departure Lounge”. ...

Jun 22, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged The Departure Lounge Comments 0

A VERY APPROPRIATE SONG – By Des Kelly “WE ARE STILL ONLY HALFWAY THRU, BUT THERE’S NOTHING, I’M AFRAID, THAT WE CAN DO, THE BEATLES SANG IT LONG AGO, BUT HERE IS A “COVER”, THAT’S THE BEST, I KNOW” ...

Jun 21, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged A VERY APPROPRIATE SONG Comments 0

“D.S.DAY” 19/6/1911 – 109th Birthday Anniversary – DUDLEY SENANAYAKE – By Des Kelly “D.S.DAY” 19/6/1911 109th Birthday Anniversary. DUDLEY SENANAYAKE Quite certainly, the very best Prime Minister that olde Ceylon was privileged to have. I remember him well. He “took over” from his Dad,when Don Stephan.Senanayake died, after he fell off his horse on the Galle Face Green, when the animal accidentally stepped into an unseen crevice at the edge of the green in early 1952. He then served as P.M. for just over one and a half years, before resigning in 1953, due to illness. John Kotalawala then stepped in to serve as P.M. until 1956, only to be beaten by the FIRST Woman Prime Minister, ever, Mrs.Sirimavo Bandaranaike, wife of the assassinated P.M. S.W,R.D. Bandaranaike. She served until ...

Jun 21, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Don Stephan.Senanayake, John Kotalawala Comments 1

“THE SINGER OF HOPE” – By Des Kelly This would be a fitting title for this LADY OF SONG. Dame Vera Lynn who has just passed on, at age 103. Best known for her magnificent musical renditions of songs such as “We’ll meet again”, for example, sung & recorded especially with the British Forces of World War 2 in mind, she gave them the hope they so badly needed, when the going got tough. I was still quite young, while this War took it’s terrible toll on so many thousands of people, and so many other entertainers were called upon to perform for the Troops stationed at various wartime areas. They all did their very best and we are grateful to all of them, but somehow, MUSIC, more than anything else, was very special, as always, and I remember listening to the songs this ...

Jun 21, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Dame Vera Lynn Comments 0

“BLACK & WHITE” – By Des Kelly A very interesting conglomeration of ideas by Robert Mugabe’, telling us a few things that we didn’t know, perhaps. This is why I keep telling everybody that the more you read, the more you’ll learn. More “tips” on racism, as if there are not enough of them already. ...

Jun 19, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Robert Mugabe Comments 0

“GOOD ON YA, YAJILI.” – BY Des Kelly We’ve had the droughts, the bushfires, the terrible unprecedented, catastrophic, epidemic that has become a pandemic, we’ve had the floods that followed the fires, the B.L.M. & L.B.G.T. Controversies, the totally unnecessary shootings of BOTH Black & White people by Police, we’ve had several Police persons shot fatally, in the line of duty, we are now putting up with Protestations on perhaps everything that one can protest about, we, with the rest of the World, are now in recession, what else could go wrong?, ...

Jun 19, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Covid 19, YAJILI Comments 0

“ENGLISH ENTENDRE’S” – By Des Kelly With the present “Lock-ups, & downs” , there is no better way to spend your time than to read a few quaint English Entendre’s, and here are some to start off with. OMAN, I can’t’ wait to ROME around, again. VENICE this all going to end ?. Cannot say when the lockdown will be over, KENYA ?. Quarantine has made my DELHI routine boring !!. I’ve been WASHINGTONS of dishes & plates. This SPAIN is real. What’s the RUSSIA, stay home, and stay safe. Maybe INDORE’s not such a bad place to be. Wives are now COCHIN their husbands to cook. 10.MYSORE throat is better now. 11.DUBAI your masks now, and wear them. 12.We need all the LUCKNOW. And now, to seriously finish this thing with my best quote of the day. ...

Jun 16, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged DELHI, WASHINGTONS Comments 0

“VERY SAD NEWS” – SL-born BBC presenter reveals cancer has spread to his lungs – By Des Kelly This comes from eLanka with all due respect to Mr.George Alagiah in Britain. We are all very sorry to read about your Cancer, Sir. However, as they say, where there is life, there is hope, and you can rest assured that many a prayer will be said on your behalf, by everybody who reads this. May God bless you, as you fight the good fight, and please remember that we are with you, every step of the way. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka. SL-born BBC presenter reveals cancer has spread to his lungs SOURCE:Daily Mirror Sri Lanka-born BBC presenter George Alagiah has confirmed his bowel cancer has spread to his lungs. The 64-year-old newsreader, who joined the BBC in 1989, was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014 and later said it spread to ...

Jun 14, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Comments 0

CALYPSO CAPERS – By Des Kelly It goes back to the 17th Century. Calypso Capers originated in Trinidad, back in the days of Slave Traders who pushed their slaves to the extreme, the only relief being that, wherever possible, these African slaves used to sing as they worked their fingers to the bone, songs with this Afro-latin beat that later became known as Calypso. This was the only way in which the slaves were able to mock their masters in a way that their bosses could not understand. Much later, the famous Harry Belafonte’ recorded a typical Calypso hit called The banana-boat song, in 4/4 time with Latin syncopation, and later still, Calypso/Baila Music came to Ceylon via the Portuguese (also calling it Kafferinga) music, and because we did not boast a Belafonte’, nor even a Harry Belafonseka, people such as Wally Bastiensz and Priya Pieris took over to ...

Jun 12, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Brian Hyland, Wally Bastiensz Comments 0