Nayomi recipient of Sumathi and Raigam Telees awards on a scintillating voyage at just twenty four Years old from remote Nellikulama –  by Sunil Thenabadu Nayomi Thakshila the award winning renowned tele drama actress is a native of a remote village Nellikulama close to Anuradhapura born on 1st January 1999 to humble parents has two elder sisters and one elder brother as siblings, she been the ‘bada pissa’ of the family. All elder siblings have tied the respective nuptial knots, to date Nayomi has eight loving nephews and nieces domiciled in the Anuradhapura district.In the dwelling they were brought up has had a few perches of bare land where they had grown many types of vegetables including ‘sugar cane’, ‘plantains’. In an television confrontation she had jested that one day when they visited a family friend, he had given a small branch of ‘Sugar cane’ advising them to grow which had grown wild ...

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Podcast: Faithful Foreigner, Saving Sinharaja; Douglas Ranasinghe A podcast episode featuring Douglas Ranasinghe who has written a biography of Thilo Hoffman, the Swiss Sri Lankan who helped save Sinharaja rainforest and was part of a post colonial nature conservation movement. Thilo provided the leadership so others like Douglas and Deepal Warakagoda could really spread the word about biodiversity. Sinharaja was declared a reserve by the British in 1875 but it was being logged after 1960. The republic was uncertain about protecting the forest but around 1977, strictly perhaps after Apr 1978; logging concessions were rescinded.   ...

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