Members' Forum
Commemorating the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tsunami - Thursday 19th December 2024 at the Sri Lanka High Commission in London, 13 Hyde Park Gardens, W2 2LU
FoSLA Member Lalith de Kauwe, Chair of the Association of Sri Lankan Lawyers in the UK, gives notice of a special event commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the tsunami. The event will be held on Thursday 19th December 2024 between 10.30am and 11.30am at the Sri Lanka High Commission in London. The event hopes to honour the thousands of lives lost, acknowledge the resilience of survivors and reinforce the importance of preparedness, solidarity in the face of natural disasters and the ongoing need to support affected communities. All welcome. In order to manage numbers please let Lalith know if you plan to attend, you can email Lalith on lalithdk@gclaw.co.uk
Thomia - The entangled histories of Modern Lanka and her greatest private school.
FoSLA Committee Member Revantha Sinnetamby brings to our attention a new book 'Thomia'.
Richard Simon, the author of Ceylon Tea: the Trade that Made a Nation, has completed another book: Thomia, about one of Sri Lanka’s most significant schools, St. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia. The school was opened in 1851 by the first Bishop of Colombo, the Rt. Revd. James Chapman. More details and the options for purchase can be found at https://www.thomia.com/.
‘Epic in its reach, poetic in its lyricism’ – David Sansoni, OAM
‘Prodigious research and detail’ – Prof. Marina Fernando, City University of New York
‘Genuinely interesting... a pleasure to read’ – Rohan Pethiyagoda
Photographs from the Annual Lunch 2024
FoSLA Member and Events Secretary Chamali Fernando shares a few photographs from the Annual Lunch last week, more will follow in due course.....
SL Tourism Alliance comments on Foreign Travel Advisories About Sri Lanka
FoSLA Members who also belong to the Sri Lanka Tourism Alliance which recently had an article published in the Daily Mirror in Sri Lanka: https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Hope-potential-tourists-will-see-beyond-the-smoke-and-mirrors-SL-Tourism-Alliance-writes/-108-294474
Initial Line-Up for Galle Literary Festival, 6-9th February 2025
Galle Literary Festival is hugely popular among our members, so we bring news of the 12th Edition of the Festival which takes place from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th February 2024. Speakers will include Louise Minchin, Ramya Jirasinghe, Satnam Sanghera, Kate Mosse, Jennry Epenback and more. It is time to think about booking your flights to Sri Lanka.
Ceylon in World War I and World War II
FoSLA Member, John Yorke and alumnus of St Thomas's College invites members when they next visit Sri Lanka to spend time at Vihara Mahadevi Park in Colombo where a WWI and WWII memorial plaque has been placed to commemorate the involvement of the Ceylonese in both World Wars. The park was built on land donated to the City of Colombo city by Charles Henry de Soysa during the British rule of Ceylon, and used to be named "Victoria Park" after Queen Victoria. The park was renamed in 1958 after Queen Viharamahadevi, the mother of King Dutugamunu. From 1927 - 1990, the park had a cricket ground and held First Class international matches. Now there is a large Buddhist statue and a series of fountains.
Discounted Stays at Jungle Tide, Hathana Hills
Economic Aid to Sri Lanka, here is the link to the Hansard Transcript of the recent House of Commons debate (11th May 2023): https://hansard.parliament.uk/
Professor Mike Sedgwick shares with us a copy of Shanthi Mendis's paper titled Sri Lanka Tears and Dreams of Fragile Democracy,this book is 160 pages long click here to download.
Annex to Summer 2021 Newsletter
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