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Pictorial Colombo in its Prime: Hodi-Heleyi Helleyi-aaahhhh-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis An Advertisement …. with highlights imposed by Thuppahi The Great Days of Colombo is by far the most comprehensive work on the City of Colombo. This profusely illustrated work running to over 800 pages tells the story of how Colombo originated from very humble beginnings as a simple Moorish port to become what it is today, a bustling city full of life and colour. The evolution of the city is traced in much detail and its rich history vividly described replete with fascinating stories coming down from colonial times. Colombo was in a sense a meeting point of East and West and a melting pot which attracted peoples of many nations to come hither and call home. The story of Colombo is in short the story of a modern nation in the making. The Great Days of Colombo brings this out vividly. ...