“KOLOMBA-PAARA” – By Des Kelly As my title for this little introduction shows, Colombo itself has now got itself a new name (in Sinhalese) & Roads are now Paara. In 1936, I was born in Marandan, which is now Maradana, the Suburb of Colpetty is now better known as Kollupitiya, etcetera. English-sounding names have now lost their place to rather lengthy Sinhala-sounding ones, and this has got to be expected of course, in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, where 70-75% of it’s people are Sinhalese. I do not wish to bore you with too many name-changes, as the author of this most interesting piece will give you plenty to think about, in addition to precious memories of perhaps names that you were once more familiar with. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka. Renaming Colombo Roads – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly-by J. Godwin Perera Source:Island Renaming roads is quite a ...
Nov 14, 2020
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