“WE, BURGHERS” – By Des Kelly Many, are the stories on the tiny, yet very important element of population of Ceylon (then), Sri Lanka (now), Burgher Buggers, as we are fondly (?)!! referred to, even after about 90% of us, have already migrated to many parts of the Globe. Once again, thank you to Charles Schokman, and hooray !!, the honorary Author of this most entertaining and interesting “post”is a Ceylonese Politician I remember well, as the very first Communist leader of my era in the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”. Peiter Keuneman passed on, in Lanka, in 1997, and regardless of which Political Party he was involved in, will always be remembered by his family and friends, as a highly educated, brilliant Politician, who served , in his Country.. ...
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“THE LUCKY COUNTRY”??., (I THINK SO)!!. Many thousands of Sri Lankans, among others, have made this Island Continent their second home, yet, not too many know very much about this great sunburnt Land, causing my friend Maxie Gerreyn to send in an interesting resume’ of the Land Down Under, as Australia is fondly referred to, by many of us. They say that learning is a womb to tomb affair, so I am very happy to “air this affair” so that all Sri Lankans especially, will now understand just a bit more about their “Stepmother Country”, as I like to call Australia, with the deepest respect. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. Australia ! AUSTRALIA is as wide as the distance between London to Moscow. The biggest property in Australia is bigger than Belgium. 3. More than 85% of Australians l…live within 50km of the coast. 4 In 1880, ...
“THE COLOMBO OF OLDE” – by Des Kelly No, it’s not a spelling mistake folks, although unfortunately, I am guilty of the same at times, myself. This spelling comes from ancient Shakespearean literature and I do prefer this old word with the e’ added. That said, let me thank both Arthur Speldewinde and Charles Schokman for this “post” that will bring precious memories to many folk from our Lovely Island Home. I think that this is one that was published a year or two ago, but that really doesn’t matter. ...
Aug 16, 2021
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“LA BAMBA” – by Des Kelly Together with Country Music, which has always been this writer’s forte’, Latin American Music has also always been a pleasure for both myself and millions of people around the World. Such was the case in Ceylon then, Sri Lanka now, where even a group of good musicians stamped the name “La-Bambas”into the minds of music-loving Sri Lankans, thus prompting Keith Bennett to send out this superb video of some original Latin Musos, showing the expertise of typical Latin American Instruments, featuring “LA BAMBA”. Thank you, Keith and everybody please ENJOY. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...
“ROYALTY PERSONIFIED” – by Des Kelly Everyone, to some extent, is aware of the British Royal Family, but not too many people are aware about Princess Alice, the mother of the late Prince Phillip, Consort of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. This extremely interesting story was sent in by my friend Charles Schokman, and it is indeed an amazing account on the life of an equally amazing Royal Princess, tinged with sadness at times, unexpected, for one of her rank. ...
Aug 11, 2021
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Bulldog Obsessed With His Skateboard Hates When His Parents Try To Take It Away From Him “CHOWDER SPEAKS LOUDER, HE KNOWS WHAT BULLDOGS NEED, HE MAKES HIS MASTERS PROUDER, AS HE SKATES AROUND, AT SPEED”!! Desmond Kelly (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...
Memories are made of this- A tribute to the Music Scene of the 60’s Colombo compiled by; Prins James Alagaratnam- Toronto The passing of Stanley Arnold, member of “The Four Chords” singing group of the sixties, prompted reminiscent memories, imbibing over a bit of red with friends from the same period of time. We travelled back, remembering the Colombo Music Scene of the 60’s and the artists, and promoters responsible for bringing great entertainment to Colombo and the suburbs. At a time, devoid of Television in Sri Lanka, the only entertainment available were live stage shows events, or the radio. Stanley, never stopped singing. Colombo audiences will recollect the renditions of “Little Eyes I love you” and “Cha Boom” delivered at their many appearances. The Four Chords later disbanded and Victor Gamalathge continued performing duets with his wife as “Christine and Victor”, subsequently emigrating to Australia. Stanley immigrated to Toronto, ...
Aug 5, 2021
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“SPANISH FLU!! SO WHAT’S NEW” ??. Thank you, to Chris.Lawton, for this amazing collection of photographic memories. They say that “A picture is worth a thousand words”, well folks, here we go, with many thousands of words (in pictures), for us to reminisce on. Let us take the time to concentrate on this “post” and hopefully learn something from it. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. Nothing has changed much in 100 years–most of the same old practices still apply–amazing !!! 101 years ago, same world, same tragedy… photos preserved it in black and white! ...
“FUNNIES” (From Virus to Viral) – By Des Kelly Just two days away, hopefully, to see the end of another lockdown in Victoria, or Melbourne, to be more precise, my good friend Arthur Speldewinde has taken the trouble to send me what he has termed “Virus Funnies”, in order to cheer me up, being the “guru” of self-isolation, myself. For all of you good folk who were not aware of it, this writer now has what is termed Ankylosin Spondylitis, who is really the Mother of Arthritis, and this has rendered me not only a curved spine, but also the fact that I am physically unable to leave my humble residential Unit at all. This is quite funny, come to think of it, from being out of home, working long days, 24/7, to carrying out my Showbiz responsibilities 5 nights a week, at least, to being alone at ...
“FAMOUS PEOPLE” – By Des Kelly Image source: ROSL On Friday, the 14th of May, 2021, on Facebook, Cynthia Peiris asked the question, WHO IS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON YOU HAVE MET ?. Because my answer was going to be rather long, I decided to write same, in eLanka, hoping that Cynthia is indeed, one of it’s 23.000+ members, and if not, inviting her to become one. Cynthia, I entered the Showbiz Scene in Ceylon, in 1942, when I was just 6 years old. I have met dozens of Lanka’s famous Personalities but none were really World famous. To mention specific names would be unfair to dozens of others, but my eLanka friends would know exactly what I mean, and WHO they are. In Showbiz Ceylon, as it was then, there were many more famous personalities, than there were, in any other category, one could think of, and, as I ...
May 14, 2021
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