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The Community’ ‘Skanda’ stirs nostalgic memories of cricket at book launch Source:Dailymirror The following are excerpts of the speech by S. Skandakumar who was the guest of honour at the launching of the book ‘The Community’ which was penned by Mevan Pieris. The book launch was held at SLFI Auditorium on March 21, 2023. “It was three years ago that an equally eminent Thomian Anura  Tennekoon invited me to speak at the launch of his book. Today I am privileged again by one of similar standing and must thank Mevan for the opportunity,” is how Skandakumar began his speech.He said that it merely reinforced the values of our two great institutions, where the fierceness of competition on the playing fields have led to the strongest of bonds off it. “Sandwiched between the learned Professor, and the revered Warden, I feel like a Dwarf. Thankfully Royal’s sterling performance at the big ...