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Besides, Ananda provided me the opportunity to hobnob with classmates who showed immense talent in journalism and literature, the likes of J. B. Dissanayake, Sunanda M. de Mel (later Sunanda Mahendra), Buddhadasa Bodhinayake, and D. B. Nihalsingha. I believe that we competed with one another to improve our journalistic and literary skills. Sunanda had personal connections with Piyal Wickremasinghe, a journalist with the Lankadeepa. Karunaratne Abeyesekera, the famous Sinhala broadcaster, helped Bodhinayake to practice radio broadcasting. Nihalsingha was the son of the renowned editor D. B. Dhanapala. |
Recollections of St Thomas’
College, Gurutalawa:
an extract from a personal memoir
