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Prince Philip’s Indelible ‘Marks’ in Sri Lanka Source:Thuppahis Photo courtesy of my old student pal Piyasiri Wickramasekara ….more details below The Old 1935 Standard Nine said to be purchased by Prince Philip when serving in the Royal Navy in Ceylon in 1935 and now placed in the Museum of the Galle Face Hotel –— Pix courtesy of Bruce Rawlings [see below] …. However, Prince Philip was born in 1921 and could not have been driving cars at that moment — so, someone else has concoted a tale that has been swallowed hook, line and majestic sinker. Pix courtesy of Kumar Kirinde PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY and the ROYAL Visit of INAUGURATION It does not demand any deep acumen for one to deduce that the induction of the British Royals was ‘engineered’ by the founding father of Peradeniya University, Sir Ivor Jennings and the Duke’s hand here was a companion act to the tamasha surrounding ...

Ontario grandmother becomes oldest person to earn master’s degree at York University A Toronto grandmother has proved it’s never too late to go back to school. Varatha Shanmuganathan, 87, graduated from York University with a Master’s degree in political science on Tuesday. Natalie Kalata has her story. 2:04 Source:cbc.ca An Ontario grandmother, who is the oldest person to graduate with a master’s degree from York University, says young people should use their university education to make positive change in the world. Varatha Shanmuganathan, 87, a Vaughan resident, graduated on Tuesday with her second master’s degree. “I will tell them, the younger generation, do your degrees, not just for career’s sake. It should be something that should be life-changing,” Shanmuganathan said in a Twitter message. “And you should think, not about yourself all the time, but think of your country, think of the world, think of all the issues that are being ...