The Legendary P. Sara – Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu 75th Death Anniversary (28th May 2025) – By Ravi Rudra Mr. P. Saravanamuttu, known as P. Sara, passed away on the 28th May, 1950, an untimely death at the age of 58 after a remarkable career in the Ceylon Civil Service and after an abiding and dedicated contribution to the development of cricket in Sri Lanka. Saravanamuttu had a long and notable connection with S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia. He was the son of Dr. Vetharaniam Saravanamuttu, a physician from Colombo, and was the fourth of six brothers – all of them over 6 feet in height and had distinguished careers at S. Thomas’. He also had two sisters. They were an outstanding Jaffna Christian family from Chunnakam where P. Saravanamuttu’s grandfather, Vetharaniam was a highly respected leader of the people. Sara was a top sportsman at S. Thomas’ College an outstanding student, ...
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Failure of the brightest intellectuals of our time-BY H.L.D. MAHINDAPALA Source:Sundayobserver On June 7, 1964 Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the leading Trotskyite political party, was facing its biggest crisis since it was launched in December, 1935. It was a time when it was at the peak of its power. The Fourth International Secretariat in Paris was boasting that the Ceylon Branch, as it was known then, was the ‘world’s largest Trotskyite party’. The head of the 4th International, Michel Pablo and his associates like Pierre Frank had thrown their weight behind Dr. N. M. Perera, the President. They did not want to alienate the ‘world’s largest Trotskyite Party’. The New York Times ran a front-page story when Dr. N. M. Perera became the first Trotskyite to be elected as a mayor – the first significant political base won by any group of Trotskyites struggling in a world dominated by Stalin. The LSSP ...
