George Braine 

The Moonstone Painting - By George Braine One privilege of teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was the...

Looking beyond the burning aircraft at Haneda - By GEORGE BRAINE Yesterday, as I watched, live on TV, the aircraft...

The death of Jude - By GEORGE BRAINE Jude passed away two years ago, at the height of the covid...

Nightmarish Travels and Travails during Covid - By GEORGE BRAINE Since moving to Sapporo, Japan, in 2019, I had not...

Ceylonese planters, too, died at Gallipoli - By GEORGE BRAINE My sister and I were at the Beach Cemetery in...

Que Sera Sera - By GEORGE BRAINE My memories go back 60+ years, when, as a 7-year old, I lived...

In a “bankrupt” country - By George Braine The hardest part were the power cuts, one in the afternoon (when...

Warner Troyer, Rupavahini, and me - By GEORGE BRAINE This was early 1981, and the government was planning to start...

"Kai Tak Heart Attack" - By GEORGE BRAINE In the mid-1990s, when I began to play casual cricket in Hong...

A Disneyland for Sri Lanka - By GEORGE BRAINE This idea, apparently put forth by a somewhat controversial MP, has...

Sapporo Soup Curry - By GEORGE BRAINE Recently, The New York Times carried a feature article on what to eat...

Mrs. Nicol’s Century - By George Braine My father was the youngest of nine children. They grew up not far...

The Talaimannar Pier - By GEORGE BRAINE A couple of years ago, I visited Madhu church after an absence of...

A Deathbed Conversion - By GEORGE BRAINE My grandfather Charles Stanley Braine was born an Anglican. In 1924, he married...

Irrepressible Julia Margaret Cameron, at peace in Bogawantalawa - By GEORGE BRAINE Some years ago, my sister, BIL, and I...

Singing “Sukiyaki” in difficult times - By GEORGE BRAINE All round the world, at the height of covid, people paid...

A hailstorm at Dankotuwa - By GEORGE BRAINE The sky is a cloudless blue, but the ground is covered in...

Those Pilgrimages to Madhu Church - By GEORGE BRAINE “Pilgrims” now complete day trips to Madhu, a 250km roundtrip from...

Two Books, Two Backstories - By GEORGE BRAINE I have recently finished reading two books, and this describes their special...

Air Force Days - By George Braine Source : eLanka In 1978, needing a change from teaching English, I applied to...

Air Force Days - By GEORGE BRAINE In 1978, needing a change from teaching English, I applied to join the...

Kamikaze aunt and other stories - By GEORGE BRAINE   During the closing stages of the Pacific front in World...

The elephant in the room - By GEORGE BRAINE At a time when the world is recovering from the coronavirus,...

In praise of trains, buses, and bicycles By GEORGE BRAINE Recently, while taking a walk in my neighborhood in Sapporo,...

Japan’s Precious Children - By GEORGE BRAINE On a recent afternoon in Sapporo, on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, I...

Furano - for lavender and melons - GEORGE BRAINE Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, is a flat,...

Duncan White, and the Returned Trinity Lion - By GEORGE BRAINE For the 125th anniversary of Trinity College, Kandy, The...

“Ingreesi Mahattaya” – Two years a village schoolmaster - by GEORGE BRAINE   Getting on the bus in Badulla town,...

Alex Lazarus, and the missing school bell - by GEORGE BRAINE The year would have been 1964 or 65. At...

Singing alongside Victor - by GEORGE BRAINE I spent Christmas 2017 with Victor Ratnayake and a few friends at Nuwara...

“Do you play cricket?” - by GEORGE BRAINE The job interview was at a hotel room in San Diego, during...

My lovely Chinese friends - by GEORGE BRAINE In the late 1960s, Peoples’ Publishing House, in Slave Island, advertised a...

Training College Days - By George Braine In memory of Colonel Nizam Dane, Died in Action on June 24, 1997...

That $100 Trillion Currency Note - by GEORGE BRAINE When he died, a few articles in Sinhala newspapers and online...

Chef George at POL KIRI - by  GEORGE BRAINE When I travel around Sapporo, in Japan, I keep an alert...

Hiking the Tiger Leaping Gorge - by GEORGE BRAINE I was jolted awake with a searing pain in the chest...

Hantana – A Fond Farewell - By GEORGE BRAINE Three years ago, in March, I drove away from Hantana for the last...

Culture Shock - by GEORGE BRAINE   Not an experienced traveler at the time, even I could tell that PANAM...

The Governors at Nattandiya - by GEORGE BRAINE Opposite the Nattandiya railway station, between the Buddhist temple and the Milk...

Driving Miss Mandy by GEORGE BRAINE Mandy had been abandoned once. A Sri Lankan friend had found her wondering in...