The Sunil de Silva I Knew – by Lal Wickrematunge I came to know Sunil when he was at the Attorney Generals Department. I was a young Police Officer drafted into the Criminal Investigations Department ( CID ) which was made famous or ” in” according to which side of the law one fall upon. Keen as I was in investigations it was Tyrell Gunatilleke who was the then Director of CID who honed and led me through the intricacies of a proper investigation. Having done that I had to prepare a comprehensive file and jog to the Attorney Generals Department to confer with a State Attorney to file an indictment. I came before Sunil. If Tyrell was J Edgar Hoover Sunil was Robert Kennedy. He sharpened the loose ends and taught me the other end, which was to satisfy an independent judge of criminal liability. He became my mentor and was ...
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Death of a Colossus – Sunil de Silva – by Raj Gonsalkorale Sunil de Silva Sunil de Silva, a lawyer of immense repute who strode the legal halls of fame in Sri Lanka and Australia passed way peacefully in Gosford, New South Wales on 28th February 2021. He was 80 years old. Sunil was well known amongst those living in New South Wales, Australia, more for his affability, wit, instant rejoinders, and his ongoing engagement with the Sri Lankan community. He was colosus, not just in his intellect, but his demeanor! A larger than life figure who one could never miss in a crowd! Despite all this, he was a kind and soft person within and would melt emotionally when seeing unfortunate circumstances befalling others. He was a lover of drama and acted in many stage productions and recently, took to the cinema as well. His many roles in stage productions ...
Mar 2, 2021
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A Tribute to late Mr. Sunil de Silva – by Dr Palitha Ganewatta, Sydney Late Mr. Sunil de Silva was a versatile personality, who was behind almost every community achievement in NSW since his arrival in Sydney with Senani as permanent residents of Australia. I was fortunate to have creative association with him on numerous occasions. In the late nineties when I invited him to act a father’s role in a short drama, I produced for a Sri Lankan community function, he gladly accepted it and acted in such a manner that the whole audience was held spellbound and enjoyed the humour he demonstrated with his unforgettable acting. It was unexpected for me when he rang in 2002 while he was resting at home after a heart operation. His request was to translate my first collection of Sinhala short stories into English. I was more than happy and gladly granted ...
Short Play Drama Festival 2017 Cecil Fonseka’s “International ‘Jak’ Tree” [This is not a review of the performance but an analysis of the script – Sunil de Silva] One of the cameo dramas in the Sinhala Short Drama Festival of 2017 at the Pacific Hills Christian School, Dural on 14 October ’17, Cecil Fonseka’s “Anthar Jaatika Kos Gaha [ International Jak Tree] presented an interesting scenario Cecil had cast the characters as representing the different countries. Siryawathie’ [Sri Lanka] [Sriyakanti Ranasinghe] Cecil presented the complex international economic conundrum of the U$ replacing the Gold Standard backed Sterling Pound as the Global Currency, in a light hearted comedy that cleverly veiled the iron fist in the velvet glove. Cecil was drawing on the children’s game of using “Kos Kola” [ Jak leaves] as ‘play money’ to alert the audience that printed paper currency has no intrinsic value, except acceptance by those transacting business ...
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Oct 18, 2017
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