A visionary leader

A young man in a bush shirt and white slacks came into my office to meet one of my colleagues Obadaarachchi, a young graduate working with us. The year was 1970 and we were working for a senior SLFP Vice President, buddy to Premier S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, the legendary Badiudin Mahmud, then Education Minister of the United Front government of 1970 of Premier Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

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Manifesto of an un-common candidate

I am un-common, not in the sense that I am a rare creature, but I stand in opposition to the notion of a ‘common candidate’ or a candidate that professes a love for a collective and pledges to alleviate some or all of their miseries. I am ‘un-common’ then in that I am not common or, more precisely, not about ‘common’. I am, in other words, about me. About myself.

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Annual Congress - Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Peradeniya:

Farmers banking on hi-tech research

The 21st Annual Congress of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA), University of Peradeniya, will be held on Thursday and Friday at the Plant Genetic Resources Centre in Gannoruwa, Peradeniya.

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