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R. Sivagurunathan
Kalasuri Ratnadurai Sivagurunathan was a (7 October 1931 – 9 August 2003) Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, academic and editor of '' Thinakaran''. Early life Sivagurunathan was born on 7 October 1931 in Kantharamadam in northern Ceylon. He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna, Jaffna Hindu College and Zahira College, Colombo. After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. He then entered Ceylon Law College, qualifying as an advocate. Career Sivagurunathan joined the '' Thinakaran'' in 1955 and worked as a reporter, sub-editor and lobby correspondent. He also worked for the '' Dinamina'', another newspaper published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. He was appointed news editor of the ''Thinakaran'' in 1957, becoming its chief editor in 1961. He held this position until 1994. Sivagurunathan obtained a MA degree from the University of Jaffna whilst working as a journalist. He was president of Working Journalists Association of Sri Lanka and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalasuri
The Kala Suri ( si, කලා සූරී; ta, கலாசூரி, translit=Kalācūri) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "''for special contributions to the development of the arts''". It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than Vidya Nidhi. Awardees Awardees include: ;1984 * Arisen Ahubudu ;1991 * Thangamma Appakutty ;1994 * Yolande Abeywira ;1998 * Jiffry Yoonoos * Parakrama Kodituwakku * Dharmasiri Bandaranayake * G. S. B. Rani * S. A D. D. Samarasekera * D. V. Richard de Silva * Jayalath Manoratne * Tissa Abeysekera * A. Sivanesa Selvan ;2005 * Ann Ranasinghe * Anoma Rajakaruna * Barbara Sansoni Lewcock * Chandraguptha Thenuwara * Channa Wijewardena * Chitra Ranawake * Dulip Gabada Mudalige * Edward Jayakody * H. A. Perera * Harsh Makalanda * Inoka Sathyangani Keerthinanda * Jagath Weerasinghe * Janadasa Peiris * Latha Walpola * M. A. Nuhuman * Muhanned Nohideen Abdul Cader * Nelum Harasgama Nada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
