Black-coats can’t make Chief Justice lily white
The raging public discourse on the charges
levelled against the Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake is
wrapped mostly in legal, constitutional, political and moral
principles. The legal luminaries who have defended her have
studiously skipped the charges and focused essentially on issues
like the legality of the Parliamentary Select Committee to hear her
case, or on the rights and wrongs of procedures adopted by the PSC,
or whether it is the Parliament or the Courts that would have the
final say, or on the issues of separation of power arising from the
conflict between the Legislature and the Judiciary, or what would
happen if the two Titans stick to their guns, each issuing diktats
to the other etc.
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ZAHIRA’S ZENITH!
I am extremely privileged to deliver this
oration on the 122nd birth anniversary of Alhaj Dr. T.B. Jayah on
the invitation of the Conference of Sri Lankan Malays, whose
President Al Haj T. K. Azoor has devoted much of his energy and time
in fostering the concept of Bersatu (unity) Keikhlasan (sincerity)
and Pengorbanan (sacrifice) and also in perpetuating the memory of
that great national hero the late Dr. T.B. Jayah.
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Reminiscences of GOLD
Prof. Lorna Devaraja:
My parents not for female education!
Life has been a continuous adventure for Lorna
Devaraja. From the time she sat on logs for lessons in the
picturesque surroundings of her school to her last assignment in the
Bandaranaike Diplomatic Training Institute, she had displayed an
indomitable spirit in facing challenges. A Rhodes Scholar and an
authority on the history of the Kandyan period, she has a large
number of publications to her credit. Reminiscences of Gold met with
Prof. Lorna Devaraja to discuss her recollections of the past.
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