Inauguration of Nimal Dias Jayasinha Administrative Enclave at SSC Sri Lanka Nimal Dias Jayasinha, Lifetime Trustee, Vice President and a Past Hon. Secretary of the SSC , Former Sri Lankan cricketers, SSC members and others participated in this event. Phto Source: thanks to Sports Pavilion .LK Please click here to visit eLanka facebook page to view the full set of photos ...

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The Royal Brotherhood – Unity in Diversity – Lesson for a fractured Nation – By Faiz-ur.Rahman (Solankili) The Royal College Class of 1958 comprised of One hundred and forty 10 & 11 year olds from all over the Island, from all strata of society and all religions, spoke Sinhala or Tamil at home and also had a smattering of English.  Some came to school by bus, others by car, a few by bicycle and a few walked to school, whilst another group lived in the school hostel. Very quickly we  grew up to be the Royal Brotherhood – and defined ourselves unashamedly as Royalists, very much like those a hundred years and more before us, and how, many generations after us, will define themselves very proudly. About forty of us met recently, on the 8th of March 2018, for an evening of reminiscence, nostalgia and camaraderie – sixty years after ...

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