Depicting the serene authentic village life
Rajadahane Sumithrayo
Author: Ranjani Senanayake
The volume ‘Rajadahane Sumithrayo’ written by Ranjani Senanayake is a
book of rare calibre.
 It
is based on authentic experience that she had during her two years stay
in historical village Lahugala in Digamadulla in her childhood where her
father got transferred as the principal of Lahugala Maha Vidyalaya.
The episodes unravelling one after the other under its short and
sweet titled bring out the beauty and tranquillity of the rural setting
of the village and its enchanting flora and fauna and wonderful village
folk she encountered with.
The information that the book conveys in its simple truthfulness
about village folk and the events that had really happened arouse
curiosity and simultaneously make the book highly entertaining
especially to the young reader.
The chief beauty of this book lies not only in the wilderness and
serenity of village life that has been captured but important records of
places of historical importance of our bequeathed heritage make the
volume precious to the more advanced reader.
Also this book is a good motivation to the young teachers to render
their service in remote areas gaining lovely lifelong experiences.
The funds collected by the selling of this book serves a worthy cause
to help the renovation of Neelagiri Seya and to help the poverty
stricken villagers and their offsprings.
The author Ranjani Senanayake is an experienced senior teacher
presently serving in Ananda College, Colombo. She has started her career
as a teacher in 1971 and has continued to teach in many schools
including Devi Balika Vidyalya, Colombo.
Sunanda Rohini Goonathilaka
Academic Staff Ananda College. |
