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Volunteering: A Great British Passion – By Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena “You have the right to work only, but never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.” –  Bhagavad Gita  – On a crisp Wednesday morning (because of course it’s not truly spring without a hint of frost), I bumped into a squad of, shall we say, seasoned volunteers at a vast nature reserve in West London. These weren’t your average park-walkers. This was a well-oiled machine of British courtesy, all smiles and “good mornings” in unison. They were there to tackle the park’s spring to-do list: grass-cutting, wheelbarrowing, and turning it all into a rather posh horse salad. Teamwork flowed like tea on a wet Wednesday, with a designated leader calling the shots (including the sacrosanct tea break, because priorities). “You missed a corker on Monday,” one chimed ...

Apr 27, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena Tagged , , ,
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PORTUGUESE, DUTCH AND BRITISH BURGHER SURNAMES OF CEYLON/SRI LANKA Download the PDF file . Compiled by Dennis and Helene de Rosayro – In alphabetical order (from as far back as possible) January 2024   A Aldons Alvis Arndt Atwell Anthonisz Anderson Arnolda Atton Adams Altendorff Armstrong Austin Assauw Andriesz Andree Arentsz Alphonso Alexander Anderiesz Andrado Armitage Augustine Albrecht Auwardt Abel Achilles Allen Atkinson Adolphus Aponso Ashmore 2.  B Baptist Bartholomeusz Berenger Barrow Beekmeyer Blaze Bocks Bartels Boustead Barsenbach Bowen Beling Boulton Bolling Blacker Barber Balmond Buultjens Balthazar Bastian Batcho Bird Byrde Brohier Bottoni Berman Baines Bulner Boucher Burke Barthelot Baldsing Ball Barbet Barker Bowles Brown Boole Bellise Brengman Bennett Bilsborough Barlow Blake Bekelman Berhardt Barrington Bernard Beven Baillie Bertus Blom Bogstra Britto Boudewyn Baillie Baptiste C Cramer Collette Crusz Colin-Thome Cox Callender Cotterling Cottling Crake Caspersz Corner Chapman Carron Cannon Cassel Collom Carter Cameron Claasz Claessen Crozier Costa Colaas Correa ...

Mar 22, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Horton and Arunachalam: a Distinct Disparity in Significance – By KKS Perera The British takeover of Ceylon brought with it many changes Source : dailymirror The Article titled ‘Choosing between Robert Wilmot Horton and Ponnambalam Arunachalam’ regarding the change of street name from Horton Place to Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam Mawatha,’ which appeared on January 23rd, implies that both figures are equally important to Sri Lankans. The writer says, ‘…the change cannot take place without an acknowledgement of the contribution of Sir Robert Wilmot Horton to Ceylon.  Both Horton and Arunachalam contributed to Ceylon’s all-round development each in his own way and as per the opportunities available in their time. Sir Robert Wilmot Horton was Governor of Ceylon between 1831 and 1837, and Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, was a polymath, lawyer, educationist, public intellectual and political leader in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century…’ Under British rule, Ceylon, acknowledged as “the premier colony,” ...

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