SRI LANKA HOLIDAYS

There is no island in the world, Great Britainitself not excepted, that has attracted the attention of authors in so many distant ages & so many different countries as Ceylon. There is no nation in ancient or modern times possessed of a language & a literature, the writers of which have not at some time made it their theme. Its aspect, its religion, its antiquities, & productions, have been described as well by the classic Greeks, as by those of the Lower Empire; by the Romans; by the writers of China, Burma, India, & Kashmir; by the geographers of Arabia & Persia; by the medieval voyagers of Italy & France; by the annalists of Portugal & Spain; by the merchant adventures of Holland, & by the travellers & topographers of Great Britain.
Ceylon: James Emerson Tennent,London, Great Britain, 1859

Did you make sure that you have packed your Anti Malaria Pills since we will be visiting Anuradhapura & Polonnaruwa of Hot & Dry Plains? Your partner’s Anti Malaria Pills might not suit you, could be allergic to you. According to a BBC survey the ancient island of Sri Lanka is one of the 50 destinations the British would love to visit before they die. Got your passport? What are you looking at? Am I blond? Go Go Go.

Spicy hot Sinhalese food: traditional & modern. Where do you begin? Where do you end? No idea. Chicken curry, Fried Spicy Fish, Prawn Curry, Pork curry, Beef Curry, Mutton Curry, Deviled Beef, Sweet & Sour Pork Vegetarian? Ok! Veg Cutlet, coconut roti Vegetable yellow rice, Mixed Vegetable Curry, Brinjal Moju, Potato Mustard Curry, & Tempered Beans. My maternal grand mother would make tender jackfruit & potato cutlets instead of fish & potato cutlets. That was for alms giving to Buddhist Bhikhsus. For the sweet end to the meal relish numerous sweets made of flour, Coconut Milk & Palm Honey. Jackfruit in Syrup or coconut pancakes. Don't miss the World's Best Dessert; All natural Buffalo Curd with dollops of Palm Honey

In 1796, the British took over and entrusted the national education system to the Anglican Church and other Christian missionaries. Missionaries attracted the villagers to their schools, while Buddhist community schools were closed. A few exceptional British teachers realized the unfairness of the British policy, however, and objected to forceful conversions. To quote one enlightened head of a British school, Rev. Kenneth Saunders: "What do they (the church authorities in England) want me to do? To placate my colleagues' the Christian missionaries... to alienate the up and coming generation from [their] national culture and heritage. This cannot be any worse crime than lowering the self-esteem of the young in any nation. When I point this out, they question my patriotism.... What they want me to do is to ensure that generation after generation of this country become docile, submissive subjects of the Great Empire." Free at Last in Paradise, By Ananda W. P. Guruge