Seeking “PEOPLE INBETWEEN” in Adelaide

PEOPLE INBETWEEN was a collaborative project involving Percy Colin-Thome, Ismeth Raheem and Michael Roberts in the year 1989. Its foundation was that of the CA Lorenz Mss in a cabinet held by the Royal asiatic Society. The RAS was housed then in a section of the Colombo Racecourse. Percy, alas, is no more with us; but his labours were central to the deployment of the documents; while a sabbatical yar of research in 1988/89 enabled me to work on the project alongiside my other tasks. The term “inbetween” in the title was crafted in non-grammatical manner from my aesthetic preference.

The Sarvodaya printing establishment helped us in material ways in producing the book in a situation of political and economic difficulty within the island.

Sulochana Dissanayake and Dinu Liyanawatte are recent migrants to Adelaide and visited our home in Glenalta yesterday Sunday 13th January. Besides being a roaming cyclist, Dinu is an avid cameraman.