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| Saturday, 23 February 2002 |
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D. R. Wijewardene - an unassumed hero by Nemsiri Mutukumara Among those one would find monuments sculptured in recognition of the life time service
during the British Colonial period by a handful of national leaders like Anagarika
Dharmapala, Colonel Henry Steele Olcott - the American Theosophist turned Buddhist,
Mohottivatte Gunananda Nayaka Thera, F. R. Senanayake and the Venerable Mahinda of
Sikkhim. Referring to statues and national leaders Martin Wickramasinghe "the
pre-eminent figure in modern Sinhala literature ....in newspaper and literary
journalism" has often times observed, says Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera - a well-known
writer, that "Mr. D. R. Wijewardene is the only national figure that deserved a
statue." Other Stories |
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