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The 11th death anniversary of Sri Lankan
journalist and Editor Mervyn de Silva falls today:
No hostage to the past
An encounter with Mervyn de Silva:
I once had an extraordinary encounter with Mervyn,
although sadly as it turned out, at the very empennage of his life.
In a wholly spontaneous chat that lasted less than two hours, we
(mostly he) talked about the international use of force for
humanitarian interventions and Robin Cook’s ‘ethical foreign policy’
in the then fashionable Blairite project (Mervyn wasn’t impressed),
FC de Saram and M Sathasivam (and the politico-sociological
implications of their fractious dispute over the All Ceylon
captaincy in 1947), billiards and snooker and the relative merits of
a pre-prandial aperitif at lunchtime (for one of which he was on his
way).
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Would you be willing to let a few memories go?
Renton’s plan was simple. Get the books to the
child. His logic is that if children are inflicted by the reading
bug, there’s no turning back. It’s a books-on-wheels project.
Three-wheels actually. The mobile library goes around the village
and children can pick and choose and borrow. They can return the
books two weeks later. Turns out, most are done with the books they
borrowed within a week. Sounds promising.
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Journey from Victory Day to future
The President’s words - “We consider this day as
one which unites all our people” and the clarion call - “Line up
under the slogan - We for the country”- made the patriotic citizens
feel that they owe themselves to the beautiful land, valleys,
mountains, wildlife, rivers, trees, flowers, surrounding seas and
the seasons that define the face of our beloved country.
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