“FROM THE ISLAND OF SLAVES” – By Des Kelly  I remember Slave Island very well. While it was quite handy to the Fort of Colombo, it wasn’t even “in the running” finance-wise. While I am uncertain of the details of this “Sorry-Suburb”, I guess that it was a focal point from which Slaves were procured, to be the Servants of the rich and famous. It did come under the jurisdiction of Colombo 2, and quite possibly had some input into the building of “Elephant House” (the Slaves, I mean), a fairly large, but ordinary 1 storied building, taken over, and managed by the “Suddhas”, who served their customers with the best butter, cheese, puddings, eclairs, chocolates, etc., that we, in Colombo 4 (Bambalapitiya) couldn’t afford.       Yes, I remember Slave island and Elephant House very well, but look at the joint now. From the time when a ...

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