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Vinod Moonesinghe

Vinod Moonesinghe

F.A. Fairlie’s golf club

Although F.A. Fairlie only lived in Sri Lanka a short time, he had a considerable impact on the local sporting scene.

Apr 13

F.A. Fairlie’s golf club

Apr 13

Vinod Moonesinghe

Cameron Country, Sri Lanka

Julia Margaret Cameron became an enthusiastic photographer after her daughter gave her a camera in 1863. She specialised in posed portraits…

Mar 29

Cameron Country, Sri Lanka

Mar 29

Vinod Moonesinghe

Agricultural nation, a myth?

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” - L.P. Hartley, The go-between

Mar 3, 2023

Agricultural nation, a myth?

Mar 3, 2023

Vinod Moonesinghe

Hokandara Haiku

A short, poetical rendition of the morning sounds of a Colombo suburb.

Nov 8, 2019

Hokandara Haiku

Nov 8, 2019

Vinod Moonesinghe

British Ceylon and the Aliyah

How British civil servants in Ceylon, their relatives and connections, helped the Jewish settlement of Palestine, serving British interests

Oct 30, 2019

British Ceylon and the Aliyah

Oct 30, 2019

Vinod Moonesinghe

RISE AND FALL OF SHOCK AND AWE

Rapid Decisive Operations, arising from a ferment in strategic thinking, became the buzz-doctrine of the early 2000s.

Oct 22, 2019

RISE AND FALL OF SHOCK AND AWE

Oct 22, 2019

Vinod Moonesinghe

Vuyst’s Ghost

Petrus Vuyst, a 17th century governor of Dutch Ceylon, had an unenviable reputation for cruelty. Did he also have a secret passion?

Oct 15, 2019

Vuyst’s Ghost

Oct 15, 2019

Vinod Moonesinghe

Vinod Moonesinghe

Read Mechanical Engineering, University of Westminster; worked in tea machinery, railways and motor spares, then in journalism and history. Ex-Chair, CGTTI.,

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