The Sunday Times
ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday February 3, 2008
Vol. 42 - No 36
 
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What could have been, what it is AVERTISTMENTS
As schoolboys we didn't have much feeling towards change. But we were aware that with the expected departure of the British, who were occupying several high positions, there would be more job opportunities for Sri Lankans.My father was a senior public officer at the time and so we got tickets to go for the ceremony at Independence Square hall which was a hangar at that time where the Royal Air Force had its planes parked.
 
Fighting for the big ones
Whenever he went missing as a baby his mother would look in the monsoon drain. He was small enough to crawl ahead, but his nappy stuck in the drain-gap would give-away his whereabouts that he was following his usual pursuits, interacting with nature, even sans any clothing. Nature……..the babyhood curiosity, which grew into love in boyhood and saw him collecting tadpoles in jam jars, caterpillars and fruit flies and a single egg from the rookery.....
 
Together they conquered
We were exhausted. Breathing had become difficult. But the scene in the distance took away all our tiredness. It was the gorgeous Mount Everest – the highest peak in the world. The mist had thinned out and the snow covered peak was clearly visible..” - Bhathiya Arangalla who reached the top of Kala Pathar in the Himalayan range together with his instructor Major Jagath Alwis was full of joy at their achievement.
 
 

Letters to the editor
  Have we measured the cost of this traffic mess?
  Don't make reading a business too
  Tipplers beware!
  Give us peace to live and be free
  Ah! How I sigh for thee
  The right identity
  Unite, unite to save Sri Lanka
 
Appreciations
  Naro Udeshi
  M.L.M. Aboosally
   
Travel
  Kemara: Healing by seeking a balance
   
Features
  Freedom's in the air
  Blue nightingales reach out to A'pura's marginalised
   
Independence
  Sixtieth Anniversary of Independence
  From nice days to the not so nice
  DS the political strategist
  True peace, true freesom, so say the stars
   
People and events
  Lankan beauties don't miss this opportunity!
  Forum CSA holds first AGM
  Mallika Nivasa Samithiya coffee morning
  John Keells wins five Presidential Awards
  Zonta International Young Women in Public Affairs Award
   

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