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www.pahana.com.au The Queen and The Two mgqk CONTENTS Countries When the message “London Bridge is cmka ixialD;sfha wdpd¾h .dñKS ldßhjiï 06-07 iNdm;sksh Chairperson down” was relayed by Buckingham SSir Ivor Jennings Rupa Banduwardena 08 Palace to the primeminister of Britain, ñysß Èidkdhl Mihirie Dissanayake flags on government buildings went wiQ y;frys msgqjy< 29 fkdfh,a kfâika 12 ixialrKh Editors to half-mast, Britain’s national and r;ak iqukd tÈßisxy Rathna Sumana Edirisinghe regional parliaments adjourned and a ;=Idr rkau,a Èidkdhl Thushara Ranmal footman walked across the forecourt iujeÿu isisr Èidkdhl 13 Dissanayake of Buckingham Palace and pinned the msgq ieliqu$ Page Layout and “Official Notification” of the Queen’s ñß`.=fjka tyd 16 úkS;d úfÊr;ak 18 .%e*sla ks¾udK Graphic Design death. lú msgqj chfiak fldä;=jl= 19 Although British public long braced ks,a fikr; Neil Senarath themselves to hear, when it came, Wvrg ueKsfla ÿïßh fifkfy,;d r;akdhl 21 fj,sxgka fud,a,sf.dv Wellington Molligoda still came with a shock. Wave after Marriage Proposal 22_-23 wud fi,ajkdh.ï Ama Selvanayagam wave of grief plunged the nation into mourning as the death of their mß.Kl wl=re ieliqu Type Setting beloved monarch, Queen Elizabeth újdyh yd fmdfrdkaou 8 fm%auodi l`:;ka;sß 25 fj,sxgka fud,a,sf.dv Wellington Molligoda II, at the age of 96. wud fi,ajkdh.ï Ama Selvanayagam Her long reign spanned 15 Prime Sa The Lyrebird’s Cry Smantha Sirimanne Hyde 26 Ministers, the first being Winston udOH iïnkaëldrl Media Co ordinator Churchill who had his doubts whether isxy, mqia;l i|`:j wdpd¾h .dñKS ldßhjiï 27 she would make the grade and last ñysß Èidkdhl Mihirie Dissanayake being the Tory leader Liz Truss. Tea Queen Ceylon meets the Queen Dr. Harold Gunatillake 28 As frail as she was, Her Majesty For all your Advertising needs was attending to her royal duties in l;d fm< 2 wdpd¾h md,s; .fkaj;a; 30-31 [email protected] welcoming new Tory leader Liz Truss Mihirie Dissanayake and formally inviting her ‘to form Dealing with rejection Donita Wilegoda Mudalige 32 government as Prime Minister’. It 0414 546 833 was the lasting testament to her will to Sri Maha Bodhi Tree Anurasiri Ranasinghe 36 put duty first. History will, no doubt, www.pahana.com.au note she proved Churchill wrong. Her lú msgqj chfiak fldä;=jl= 41 death prompted people in far flung lands. Whatever misgivings they may have had over Britain’s imperial past. Pahana Light & Life For nearly a week, the world watched Pvseororlvuvinicdteainrgy a enthralled as the funeral formalities P.O.Box 256, progressed. It was something straight ctoomthme unity Doveton Victoria 3177 out of legend, a display of British in Victoria Pomp and Pageantry accompanying Tel : + 61 41 454 6833 the Royal cortege, marching at email : [email protected] slow gait, a display of precision and grandeur. Advertising This gives us a vivid picture and a Mihirie Dissanayake clue how that slow trot became a 0414546833 formidable cavalry galloping across all continents, braving arid deserts, [email protected] crossing the seven seas colonising the world and building the empire. CIRCULATION 15,000 AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND Since then, Britain has freed many countries from the colonial yoke. Sri Lanka one of them. zmykZ mqj;a mf;a m<lsÍu i|yd The reign of Britain’s new monarch, JUSTICE OF MMoihbiirliee: D04is1s4an54a6ya8k3e3 ,efnk ±kaùï we;=`M ish¨u ,sms King Charles III began with a crisis THE PEACE hkdÈh m<lsÍfï fyda m%;slafIam created by Prime Minister Liz Truss’s lsÍfï iïmQ¾K whs;sh m%ldYlhka plans to kick-start the British economy @Bunjil centre library i;=h' tjeks ,shlshú,s tjk iEu by cutting the personal and corporate flfklau ;ukaf.a ,smskh iy tax. The plan to incentivise business ÿrl:k wxlho wmg túh hq;=h' backfired almost immediately. The pound fell to its lowest level nearly in four decades. The IMF issued a rare rebuke for a developed country criticising tax -cuts myk iÕrdfõ m< jk ,smsj, wka;¾.;h sssSri Lanka experienced same plight ta ta f,aLlhkaf.a woyia jk w;r\" tajdhska under Rajapaksa regime in 2019 ixialdrljrekaf.a woyia ms<sìUq fkdjk nj i,lkak' when they cut corporate tax. myk iÕrd fjka Wmqgd.;a nj i|yka lrñka tajd Wmqgd ±laùug wjir we;' What followed is the disastrous situation Sri Lanka is facing currently. We are a free distribution News Magazine. Sri Lanka will have to wait and learn www.pahana.com.au We do not take responsibility for text how a country in the developed world provided for articles or advertisements can resurrect the situation. paid or unpaid. Names, logos, words, pictures provided to the paper for publishing at your own risk. The first Sri Lankan community newspaper with SINHALA | ENGLISH | TAMIL OCTOBER 2022 5

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www.pahana.com.au Sir Ivor Jennings Intellectual Visionary Par Excellence The birth and the evolution of the knowledge of English and a high turn off to the campus, first university is linked to the colonial past. The imperial masters standard was maintained throughout Peradeniya. saw the need for a university only after stabilising their power his stay. He made it the first in the island. The provision of higher education culminated in institution to offer degrees in the Another important fact the demand for a university. This was fulfilled by the founder, Vice English medium. Those who passed that one should not fail Chancellor, Sir Ivor Jennings who arrived in Sri Lanka, then Ceylon out under him were high quality to mention is the simple with the idea of setting up the first residential university in the country. graduates who would fit into any fun then known as He assumed duties as the Principal of the Ceylon University College. superior task. Most of them who are 'ragging' which had been Ever since his aim was to set up a perfect university in its true sense at among the living today are senior introduced by the founder Peradeniya, for which he presented a memorandum to citizens. The university sprang for the students to enjoy the then Minister of Education Dr. C.W.W. to life with Jennings. He was an their university life in high Kannangara. authority on Political Science and spirits.In an intellectual Amalgamation Constitutional Law. atmosphere, it was fun The University College and the Medical College Atmosphere which Sir Ivor Jennings Sir Ivor Jennings were thus amalgamated had wanted to be part and the University of Ceylon was established “The Lodge” located on an elevated, and parcel of university Ludowyke, Doric de Souza, on July 1, 1942. He made a thorough study serene atmosphere had become life. It was meant as a form of and worked hard to make his dream come so much a part of his life where familiarisation between the seniors Sarachchandra, K. N. Jayatilleke, true. Finally, when the second World War was he attended to all his duties. His and the new comers termed freshers. F. R. Jayasuriya, Ariyapala, R. S. over it became a reality. Karunaratna, H. A. D. S. and Victor Planning and designing undertaken by Sir Patrick University of Ceylon, Peradeniya Gunasekera, Swarna Jayaweera, Abercombe, eminent architect and Shirley de Alwis, together with Sir Srima Kiribamuna, Father Pinto, Ivor Jennings created the heaven on earth, renowned for its architectural Labrooy. Space does not permit me supremacy combined with nature's beauty, with academic excellence to do justice to them. Their superior yet to be achieved. Thanks to the selfless efforts of Sir Ivor Jennings wisdom and wealth of knowledge when it was shifted to Peradeniya in 1952 it was the most prestigious was directed towards student’s well- university with highest academic discipline. It was set up on the being. It is fitting that we pay tribute British university model (Oxford, Cambridge) supposed to be the best to them too at this juncture. in the West, giving pride of place to English. service to our Constitution during Humour Having rendered an inestimable the pre-Independence era is still service, he bade goodbye to Sri The medium of instruction was being admired. It is said that Sir It was simple fun generating a Lanka to become the head of English in accordance with the Ivor Jennings was treated warmly wonderful sense of humour. It is a the Cambridge University in his British system. Undergraduates by the Duke of Gloucester at the pity that what was introduced with motherland. However, history were encouraged to possess a sound Independence ceremony in 1948; strong intellect and good intentions has accorded him his due place for the services he had rendered to has today become a nuisance and as an intellectual academic who Ceylon. He played a historical role a social problem. The character first introduced the wonderful in the framing of the Constitution. moulding and the academic finish gift to Sri Lanka, the University “The Economy of Ceylon” which that he had instilled can never be of Peradeniya as the pioneer in he wrote after much research in the forgotten as was evident from the university education and finally he rural sector reflecting a true picture Lakshman Kadirgamar's address to will remain the most outstanding was an asset to the students of the Alumni Peradeniya a year before intellect who made history, written Economics at the time. his brutal assassination. Not only in golden letters in the history of the Kadirgamar everyone of that era was island as an intellectual visionary The most impressive was his view immensely proud of the fact that he par excellence. that the fundamental task of a was a product of Peradeniya. university is to produce educated To be continued........ men and women. He worked tirelessly towards it. This golden Unparalleled Service Rupa Banduwardena saying of the first Vice Chancellor was found carved on a slab near the In this task he was ably assisted Melbourne - Australia by a galaxy of intellects rendering a remarkable service.To name a few, Professors Hettiarachchi, 8 OCTOBER 2022 The first Sri Lankan community newspaper with SINHALA | ENGLISH | TAMIL

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www.pahana.com.au Dr. Harold Gunatillake Tea Queen Ceylon 1968 SRI LANKA meets the Queen 10 Healthy Reasons to Pour Yourself a Glass of Red Wine Tonight (And Every Night) Improves blood pressure, lowers your risk of certain cancers, Promotes longevity, Blocks damaging free radicals, Boosts the immune system, increases bone density, Improves cholesterol levels, Decreases the chance of a stroke, reduces type 2 diabetes. Irangani’s honour and privilege to meet with late Just five months after her I had to represent Ceylon at the H.E. Elizabeth II coronation, Queen Elizabeth II Ceylon Tea stall when the Scottish engaged in a royal visit to Ceylon. Wholesale cooperative Society meeting the queen and Prince Phillip Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh, This was the first visit to Ceylon in Glasgow had its centenary will always be remembered; their leading tributes on behalf of the by a reigning monarch. She was celebrations in 1968. loss has greatly saddened me. people of Edinburgh. Our heartfelt accompanied by her husband, Prince sympathies and condolences are with Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. I was so happy and nervous, but That was an interesting, memorable all the members of the Royal Family The ten-day tour included a royal when her excellency with Prince moment for Irangani, a unique at this sorrowful time. procession through Colombo, where Philip visited our stall, both smiling, opportunity that very few Sri Lankan she opened the first session of the I felt so relaxed. ladies get the chance to chat with the second Parliament of Ceylon, and a queen for that length of time. The train ride to Kandy, Anuradhapura, The Queen was friendly, put me at death of Her Majesty The Queen Polonnaruwa, and Nuwara Eliya. ease, and asked about my stay in was announced on 8 September 2022 England. I was so relaxed that I told with Robert Aldridge, the Right Today, I am interviewing Irangani her I sang the national anthem with Honourable Lord Provost and Lord Gunatillake, Ceylon Tea Queen a group of other schoolgirls when 1968, and her memorable experience she visited Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, of chatting with the Queen for over in 1954. 20 minutes, just the two of them, at the Ceylon Tea Centre stall, Scottish She showed keenness to know all wholesale Cooperative Society, in about Ceylon Tea. Glasgow, in 1968. I then explained to her the varieties of Hello, Irangani. Tell us about your Ceylon Tea grown at various heights, experience meeting the Queen and depending on the type of tea and Prince Phillip in Glasgow in 1968. where it’s grown in the country. She then told me that she remembered her Thank you for allowing me to share visit to Ceylon, the country’s beauty, meeting the Queen, as I remember. and how people were so relaxed and As a schoolgirl, I was fond of the smiling. Prince Phillip mentioned Royal family and the Queen. I had an his stay in Ceylon and the memories album collecting all pictures of the of the train journey with the queen Royal family, which was inherent in to many country towns. That great me. experience, honour, and privilege of 28 OCTOBER 2022 The first Sri Lankan community newspaper with SINHALA | ENGLISH | TAMIL

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www.pahana.com.au úydria:dkfha kj fnda u`:j bÈlsÍu mdrñ;d fn!oaO úyria:dkfha wNskj fndau`:fjys bÈlsÍï lghq;= 2022 cQ,s 9 Èkg fhÿkq iqN fudfyd;ska wdrïN lrk ,§' ±kg tys mdou iy uQ,sl bÈlsÍï ieoEj;=kaf.a fkduiqre Y%u iy Ok mß;Hd.fhka isÿfjñka mj;sk w;r bÈß jev lghq;= i`oyd ie,iqï ilia lr we;' fuu uy`.= mqKH l¾uh i`oyd Tng;a my; i`oyka whs;uhka tlla fyda lsysmhlg wdOdr lsÍu u.ska odhl úh yel' ;jo fuu jHdmD;sh i`oyd Tnf.a Y%u odhl;ajh ,nd§ug my; ÿrl:k wxlhka wu;kak' Construction of New Boh Maluwa at the Temple Construction of the new Boh maluwa at Pramitha Buddhist Temple commenced on 9th July 2022. Currently, the main structural work is underway with assistance from volunteers in terms of their time, skills and donations. You can participate in this noble task either by donating one more item from the below list or taking part in construction activities. Please contact the numbers mentioned below for further information. No Item No# Blocks Please donate your contribution to below account no. available 1. fnda u`:j m%Odk nqÿ ms,su jykafia iy u,a wdikh Bank Name : Westpac Bank (Boh Maluwa Main Buddha and Flower Table) 1 Account Name : Western Victoria Sri Lankan 2. wgúis nqÿ ms<su jykafia iy nqÿ l=áh 28 BSB Number Buddhist association Inc. ( \"Atavisi \" Buddha & Buddha Houses ) Account No : 033 080 80 : 228785 3. fnda u`:j rka jeg (Gold Plated Fence ) 40 lreKdlr fuys i`oyka whs;ufha ku\" Internet Banking 4. we;=,; fndaêh wdjrKh iy jy, 50 lrk úg tys i`oyka lrkak ( Inner Boh Tree Cover & Roof) 100 50 Please make sure to mention the item name as a 5. fnda u`:j ilauka u¨j ( Boh Maluwa Slab) reference in interbanking transaction 6. fnda u`:j jy, ( Boh Maluwa Roof ) Tn ,nd fok wdOdr i`oyd f.dvke.s,s wdOdr i`oyd jk l=ú;dkais m;la (Receipt) ,nd.kak' fuu wdOdr Tn lrk 7. we;=,; fnda u`:j ì;a;sh yd wgúis nqÿ l=á wdikh ( Inner Wall x 22m ) Australia Tax j,ska wdmiq ,nd.; yel' Your donations are tax-deductible. Please collect your receipt to claim the ATO tax deduction. 8. fnda u`:j msg; ì;a;sh ( External Wall x 50m) 100 9. fnda u`:j ilauka u`:j wdik ( Concrete Seating Bench ) 30 10. m%Odk nqÿ ms,su jykafia iy wgúis nqÿ ms<su úÿ,s wdf,dalh 100 ( Main Buddha & atavisi boddha Lighting ) 11. fnda u`:j úÿ,s wdf,dalh ( Boh Mauwa Lighting ) 50 fuhska ,efnk wdOdr fuu fnda u`:j f.dvke.Su 10 iy úydria:dkfha wfkl=;a f.dvke.s,s bÈlsÍï 12. meka fodyk c,h ,nd .kakd ia:dkh 6 ( Water tap \"devotees boh tree watering\" outside maluwa ) 80 lghq;= i`oyd fhdod .kq we;' 50 13. fnda u`:j meka fodyk ia:dk jeäÿr úia;r ±k.ekSu i`oyd my; ÿrl:k wxlhka wu;kak' ( Atavishi table boh tree watering connections x 6 ) Please call folllowing numbers for further details. 14. fnda u`:j wdldi myka l=á wdjrK ì;a;sh ( Triangle sky Lantern Wall ) úydria:dkh (Temple) +61397471902 15. fnda u`:j ilauka u`:j wdjrK ( Boh Maluwa Tiling ) iS' ã' .uf.a (C.D. Gamage) +61400098272 Tn ieug f;rejka irKhs - úydria: odhl iNdj 40 OCTOBER 2022 The first Sri Lankan community newspaper with SINHALA | ENGLISH | TAMIL

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