Avishka Seneviratne Archives

BOOK LAUNCH IN MELBOURNE Source:Island FRUITS OF VIRTUE. An early history of St Joseph’s College, Colombo. Joint Authors: Dr Srilal Fernando and Avishka Mario Senewiratne, Colombo 2022.Printed and published by Aitken Spence Printing and Packaging(Pvt Ltd). Dec 2022. Limited Edition of 400 copies. A cold wintry afternoon did not deter the many members of The Ceylon Society of Australia, old boys of St Josephs College, Colombo, and other aficionados of educational history of Sri Lanka from attending a very interesting presentation by the joint authors. While Dr Srilal Fernando was there in person to provide the audience with some interesting aspects of the early history of the school, Avishka unable to be present, made ample amends by participating through a zoom projection of his comments from Colombo. Dr Srilal Fernando dealt with some detail the motivation and the creative links of the original “Principal Benefactors of the College” some 34 ...

Old Joe- living up to 103- By Dr harold Gunatillake Compiled and written by Dr harold Gunatillake OAM The secrets to a long life could be revealed by the diets of supercentenarians (that’s people who live to be more than 100 years old). https://tillthemountainsdisappearams.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-oldest-living-josephian-103-year.html This is the most inspiring story I have read for a long time, written about an old Josephian (St Joseph College, Colombo, Sri Lanka), Basil Siriwardena, still living in the Kochchikade area, at 103, written by Avishka Seneviratne and Akila de Sva. I am disappointed that no mention has been recorded as far as his favourite diet so that we could get some advice regarding dietetic habits about the accepted longevity foods. The Adventist Health Study 2, following 96,000 Americans since 2002, found that the people who lived the longest were not vegans or meateaters. They were “pesco-vegetarians,” or pescatarians, who ate a plantbased diet, including ...