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- From: Prasad Dharmasena <dharma@eng.umd.edu>
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- Subject: Sri Lanka FAQ - Monthly posting to soc.culture.sri-lanka
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- Summary: Sri Lanka FAQ answers common question for Sri Lankans Living
- outside of Sri Lanka. It has information on where/how to get
- more information. Contains some tourist information as well.
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-
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list on Sri Lanka
- Last update: November 16, 1995
-
-
- [ If you have access to WWW tools such as Mosaic or Netscape,
- my suggestion to you is to read all the FAQs via the URLs
-
- http://www.smartpages.com/faqs
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet
-
- as it these sites contain all the usenet FAQs in HTML format. ]
-
- This list should not be construed as an endorsement of any of the
- products or services mentioned herein. I will take no responisibily
- for hardships caused due to incorrect or inaccurate, or even accurate
- information presented. Those who wish to use the information are
- strongly encouraged to use common sense and consumer doubts if and
- when applicable.
-
- I have tried not to list any illegal or illicit activities. If the
- services or persons mentioned here are engaged in such activities,
- it is by their own discretion. I neither endorese nor condone such
- activities.
-
- If you think that the scope of this FAQ should be expanded by adding
- more questions and/or answers, please do contribute. Your contributions
- will make this document more useful.
-
- You may freely distribute this FAQ list as long as:
-
- (a) This notice is attached to the full or partial FAQ list
- (b) You do not make money (or other equivalent compensation)
- by doing so (other than nominal distribution charges -- if
- you include this FAQ in a CD-ROM, I would appreciate if you
- send me a copy of the CD-ROM)
-
- I would like to thank everyone who helped me in the compilation process.
-
- Compilation (c) Copyright Prasad Dharmasena <dharma@src.umd.edu>
-
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- Administrative: <0 - 9>
-
- <0> What the heck is a FAQ?
- <1> How do I get the latest copy of this FAQ?
- <2> How do I make changes to the information in the FAQ?
- <3> Thank You!
-
- General Information on Sri Lanka: <10 - 19>
-
- <10> Where is Sri Lanka? What are the general information?
- <11> How do I get tourist information on Sri Lanka?
- <12> So what's so great about Sri Lanka?
- <13> Tourist Hotel information?
- <14> What does Sri Lanka mean?
- <15> What is the Civil War in Sri Lanka?
-
-
- Passports/Visas/Immigration/etc: <20 - 29>
-
- <20> Where are the Embassies of Sri Lanka?
- <21> What/Where are the Embassies in Sri Lanka?
- <22> How do I get my Sri Lankan passport renewed?
- <23> What are the US Immigration announcement phone numbers?
- <24> Does Sri Lanka allow dual citizenship?
-
-
- Electronic/Computer/Network related: <30 - 39>
-
- <30> What are the electronic forums on Sri Lanka?
- + <31> Does Sri Lanka have e-mail?
- + <32> Are there Sri Lanka related FTP/Web/Gopher sites?
- <33> Are there any Sinhala fonts?
- <34> Are there any Tamil fonts?
- <35> Are there Sinhala/Tamil word/text processors?
-
-
- News: <40 - 49>
-
- <40> What are the Sri Lankan publications in my country?
- + <41> Can we get Sri Lankan newspapers outside of SL?
- <42> Are there any Sri Lankan radio programs outside of SL?
- <43> What are the SLBC shortwave frequencies?
- + <44> What are the BBC frequencies for North America?
- <45> What are the All India Radio frequencies?
-
-
- Services and general information <50 - 69>
-
- <50> Are there any Sri Lanka related organizations?
- <51> Who's the best airline ticket agent?
- + <52> From where do I get Sri Lankan Cookbooks and spices?
- <53> Are there any Sri Lankan restaurants outside of Sri Lanka?
- <54> How do I get my wedding tape converted from PAL to NTSC?
- <55> How do I send flowers to SL?
- <56> How do I send money to and from SL?
- <57> How do I send misc big items to and from SL?
- <58> What about parcels to SL?
-
-
- Misc.
-
- <70> Are there any quality books on Sri Lanka?
- <71> Where's the info about SL stock market?
- <72> Is there a "Study Abroad" program for Sri Lanka?
-
-
- =======================================================================
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <0> What the heck is a FAQ?
-
- FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions. This FAQ list tries to answer
- some of the commonly questions about matters pertaining to Sri Lanka.
-
- You can find a multitude of FAQs on various subjects from the two
- ftp and http sites listed in the answer to the next question.
-
- Some newsreaders will allow you to go to the next subject with a ^G.
- Else, do a search on the string "<xy>" to go to the question numbered xy.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <1> How do I get the latest copy of this FAQ?
-
- I will try to post an updated copy of this on soc.culture.sri-lanka
- newsgroup on or around every 13th of the month.
-
- You may FTP a copy of this FAQ from the usual FAQ archive.
-
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/sri-lanka-faq
-
- An up-to-date copy of this FAQ file can also be obtained by sending an
- e-mail to <dharma@src.umd.edu> with the subject line containing the
- words "send sri-lanka-faq" (no quotes). (If you are in Thailand, you may
- send the same e-mail request to <slna-request@cs.ait.ac.th>) I will try
- (try being the keyword here) to update the list once a month. So, if
- your copy of the FAQ has a date which is within the last 30 days,
- chances are that you *are* reading the latest version.
- --
-
- This FAQ is also available on World Wide Web at the following URLs
- http://www.smartpages.com/faqs/sri-lanka-faq/faq.html
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sri-lanka-faq/faq.html
- --
-
- This and other FAQs are also available on certain commercial CD-ROMs
- that advertise as having the Internet FAQs. (ie: "Destination
- Internet" [Phone: (800)835-5514] for the Mac)
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <2> How do I make changes to the information in the FAQ?
-
- If you find any errors, omissions, or otherwise incorrect information,
- please point them out to me. Your feedback is very important and will
- be greatly appreciated.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <3> Thank You!
-
- A lot of people have sent me information. I tried to keep a note
- on everyone who helped, but I may have forgotten some. Please excuse
- my aging mind.... "Dave, my mind is going.... I can feel it"
-
- Here are the folks who have sent information for this FAQ. My sincere
- thanks to each and every one of you. Without your help, this FAQ would
- not have been possible.
-
- Thushara Amaranayaka <amarana@server.uwindsor.ca>
- Cate Carroll <Carroll@care.ac.lk>
- Tom David <tom_david@Warren.mentorg.com>
- Wijesuriya Dayawansa <wpd@eng.umd.edu>
- Ian "Jack" Dempsey <Ian@daleroad.demon.co.uk>
- Gamini Dharmasena <gamini@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu>
- Erik Futtrup <futtrup@daimi.aau.dk>
- Nimal Gamage <gamage@paradox.colorado.edu>
- Kumudu Jayatilaka <kumudu@delphi.com>
- Klaus Kettner <Klaus_Kettner@sesom.schiele-ct.de>
- Tawnya Kumarakulasingam <pkumar@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Lal Kuruppu <kuruppul@par18.aph.gov.au>
- Ajith P Madurapperuma <ajith.p.madurapperuma@cm.cf.ac.uk>
- Shahani Markus <markus@cs.purdue.edu>
- Sue Moro <smmoro@stthomas.edu>
- Mano Pallewatta <pall@cs.ait.ac.th>
- Castus Peiris <bqp407@freenet.mb.ca>
- Vicumpriya Perara <vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Gihan Seneviratne <gihan.p.seneviratne@cm.cf.ac.uk>
- Shantha Ranatunga <shantha@cs.unsw.oz.au>
- Kavan Ratnatunga <kur@mds.pha.jhu.edu>
- Harsha Ratnaweera <harsha.ratnaweera@niva.no>
- L. Salgado <l.salgado@canrem.com>
- Michael S. Samuel <M.Samuel@student.anu.edu.au>
- Rasika Suriyaarachchi <rasika@kln.ac.lk>
- Thiviyanathan Varatharasa <thivi@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
- Wije Wathugala <cewije@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
- Lareef Zubair <zubair@biomed.med.yale.edu>
-
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- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <10> Where is Sri Lanka? What are the general information?
-
- More information can be found on CIA world fact book
- http://www.ic.gov/94fact/country/223.html (includes a map)
-
- Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean southeast of the Indian
- sub-continent. Sri Lanka belongs to the South Asia sub category.
-
- Location: Latitude 5'55" - 9'51"
- Longitude 79'42" - 81'52"
-
- 29 Km southeast of India
-
- Length: 432Km (270 miles)
- Width: 224Km (140 miles)
- Area: 65,610 Sq.Km. (25,332 sq.miles)
- Landarea: 65,610 Sq.Km.
-
- Full Name: Democratic Socialist Repubic of Sri Lanka.
- Short: Sri Lanka
- Former: Ceylon, Taprobane, Serendib (see below)
- Suggest: Sri Lankan Union of Territories :-)
-
-
- Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura
- Commercial Center: Colombo
- International Airport: Colombo (Katunayake)
- Intl Seaport: Colombo
-
- Literacy Rate: 87%+
- Total Population: 18 million
- Labor force: 6.6 million
- Population growth rate: 1.2%
- Life expectancy: 68 (male), 73 (Female)
- Infant Mortality: 22.8 deaths / 1000 live births
-
-
- Climate: Tropical
- Monsoon Seasons: northeast monsoon (December to March)
- southwest monsoon (June to October)
-
- Average temps Max C(F) Min C(F) Elevation m(ft)
- Colombo 30.4(87.7) 24.0(75.2) 0(0)
- Kandy 28.7(83.7) 20.2(68.4) 305(1000)
- Nuwara Eliya 20.2(68.4) 11.4(52.5) 1890(6200)
-
- Languages: Sinhala (74%), Tamil (25%?), English (20%)
- Ethnic div: Sinhalese (74%), Tamil (18%), Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, ...
- Religions: Buddhists (69%), Hindu (15%), Christian (8%), Muslim (8%)
-
- Currency : Sri Lanakan Rupee (US$1 ~= Rs. 50), Rs.1 = 100 cents
- Banknotes: 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 Rupees
- Coins : 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 Cents
- 1, 2, 5, 10 Rupees
-
-
- Government:
- Executive: Elected President (Mrs. Chandrika B. Kumaratunga)
- Prime Minister (Mrs. Sirima Bandaranayake, CBK's mother)
- Cabinet - appointed by Prez from the Parliament
- Legislative: Elected Parliament
- Judicial: Supreme Court
-
-
- GDP (1992): $7.75 billion (est)
- per capita: $440 (est)
- inflation: 10%
- unemployment: 15%
-
-
- Telephone Country code for Sri Lanka: 94 (From US, Europe, Australia?)
- Time Difference: GMT +0530 hrs
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <11> How do I get tourist information on Sri Lanka?
-
- Book: Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit, Sri Lanka
- Language: English
- 5th Edition, 1993
- ISBN: 0-86442-169-9
- --
-
- Book: Insight Guides - Sri Lanka
- Language: English
- APA Publications
- --
-
- Book: Sri Lanka Reise Know-How
- Language: German
- Author: Rainer Krack
- 1st Edition, 11/93
- ISBN: 3-89416-170-1
- --
-
- ** Sri Lanka
- Ceylon Tourist Board Travel Information Center
- 78 Steuart Place c/o Ceylon Tourist Board
- Colombo 3 72 Victoria Drive
- Sri Lanka Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Tel: +94(1)437059, 437060 Tel: +94(8)22661
- 437952, 437954/5
-
- Dept of Wildlife Conservation Cultural Triangle Office
- 82 Rajamalwatte Road 212/1 Bauddhaloka Mawatha
- Battaramulla, Sri Lanka Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
- Tel: +94(1)867086 Tel: +94(1)587912, 500733
-
- [Note: 94 is the country code for Sri Lanka]
- --
-
- ** Australia
- Ceylon Tourist Board W.Au office F. P Leonard Advertising Pte Ltd.
- 439 Albany Highway 241 Abercrombie Street
- Victoria Park Chippendale
- West Australia 6100 NSW Australia 2008
- Tel:(09)362-4579 Tel: (02)698-5266
- --
-
- ** Germany ** Denmark
- Sri Lanka Tourist Board - Eu. Office Ceylon Touristrad
- Allerheiligentor 2-4 Sollerodgardavej 38
- 60311 Frankfurt Main D K 2840 Holte
- Kaiserstrasse 13
- Germany
- Tel: +49-69-287734, 288371
- --
-
- ** Japan ** Thailand
- Tourist Board Representative Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Tourist Board
- AMO 1/18 Soi 10
- 2/1 Atago 1-chome Sukhumvit Road
- Minato-ku, Tokyo Bangkok, Thailand
- Nippon
- Tel:433-6377, 433-6378
- --
-
- ** USA ** UK
- Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Tourist Board Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Tourist Board
- 609 Fifth Avenue, Suite 308 52 High Holborn
- New York, NY 10017, USA London WC1V 6RI
- Tel:(212)935-0369 Tel: 01-405-1194
- --
-
- Contact the nearest Sri Lankan embassy/high commission/consulate/
- and/or Air Lanka office. (Addrs/phone are elsewhere in this FAQ)
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <12> So what's so great about Sri Lanka?
-
- Famous sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke, who resides in the island, once
- wrote "It may well be that each of Sri Lanka's attractions is surpassed
- somewhere on Earth; Cambodia may have more impressive ruins, Tahiti
- lovelier beaches, Bali more beautiful landscapes (though I doubt it),
- Thailand more charming people (ditto). But I find it hard to believe
- that there is any country which scores so highly in all departments -
- which has so many advantages and so few disadvantages, especially for
- the western visitor."
-
- For a country of that size (about the size of West Virginia or
- Ireland) things one can do are amazing: surfing, wind surfing, scuba
- diving, rock/mountain climbing, searching for ancient ruins, wildlife,
- corral reefs, gemstones, spices, rituals, ...
-
- read: trip reports archived on
- ftp://amil.eng.buffalo.edu/pub/slnet/
- ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/rec-travel/
- --
-
- National Parks in Sri Lanka: 10 % of Sri Lanka's land is protected
- as national parks. The most important parks are:
-
- * Bundala Bird Sanctuary (between Hambantota and Kataragama)
- * Gal Oya National Park (north of Yala)
- * Horton Plains Nature Reserve (in the southwestern mountains)
- * Lahugala National Park (west of Pottuvil)
- * Uda Walawe National Park (near Hambantota)
- * Udawattakele Wildlife Sanctuary (northeast of Kandy)
- * Peak Wilderness Man and Biosphere Reserve (at Adams Peak)
- * Singharaja Rain Forest Reserve (between Ratnapura and Matara)
- * Wilpattu National Park (northeast area of Sri Lanka)
- * Wirawila Bird Sanctuary (near Tissamaharama)
- * Yala National Park (near Tissamaharama)
- * Kumana Bird Sanctuary (part of Yala)
- --
-
- Colombo: All the modern inconveniences such as fax machines, cellular
- phones. Arguably, the largest city in the country and home to the
- richest and the poorest. Most people speak a strange dialect of
- English. Not being from the area, my advise is this: "Leave
- Immediately." ;-)
-
- Kandy: Still has good spots. But try and go see the country side.
- Colombo-Kandy trip via the train is highly recommended. So is
- Peradeniya Botanical gardens. Peradeniya campus, one of the best
- looking campuses in the world, is nearby. Try not to get ragged. See
- Colombo.
-
- Kandy Parade: "Perahera" starts on Full Moon day of July and lasts for 11
- days. Elephants , traditonal dancers, drummers, "Gini Keli" (fireworks-
- no, not the July 4th stuff), etc.
-
- Mt. Piduruthalagala: Because it's there. Highest mountain top. 8100+ft.
- May need hiking pass from Colombo Tourist Info. (High Secutiry area
- because radio/TV antennas at the top)
-
- World's End: Near Horton Plains. "Yo dude, sky diving off of this
- cliff's gonna be super cool, man." "A most excellent idea, dude."
-
- Yala/Kumana: National Park/Bird Sanctuary. Can stay overnight. No Camping.
- Guided tours on vehicles. Chances of seeing wild elephants, leopards
- are good. (reservations: wildlife dept.)
-
- Wilpatthu: Larger than Yala and has more leopards. However, maybe a
- security risk due to the fightings between LTTE and govt forces.
-
- Katharagama: Religious place Buddhist/Hindu. Crack a coconut on god's stone.
- See fire walks, needles through the cheeks (face!).
-
- Anuradhaputa, Polonnaruwa, etc: Religious/Cultural/Historical. See the ruins.
- Excavate your own. Ancient artwork in temples.
-
- Beaches: The beach is always less than 70 miles away. No crowds, even on
- long weekends. Plenty of free parking.
-
- Adam's Peak: Religious/Adventurous. Said to have a 6 feet long foot
- print of Adam/Buddha/Allah/David Koresh. At sun rise, you can see the
- sun jumping up and down taking a bow or is it a bath? Top is 7500+ feet. ??
-
- Zoo: Dehiwala (suburb of Colombo) Zoo is one of the best in the world.
-
- Pinnawala: Elephant orphanage. How to catch a wild elephant in ....
-
- Dambulla: `gala uding "coming water" thamba ha^liyata ta~ng ta~ng.'
- Ancient artwork on the walls of seven caves. Buddhist temple.
-
- Sigiriya: See the ancient erotica. Gaffiti? We invented it.
- ("King Kashyapa slept here" "with ....?")
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <13> Tourist Hotel information?
-
- Here are some five star hotel addresses and phone numbers. There are
- many low cost accomodations available. Please consult travel guides.
-
- Colombo: (Telephone area code is 1 (01 if dialed within SL)
- -------
-
- Holiday Inn - 30 Sir Mohamed M. Marker Mawatha, Colombo 3
- Tel: 422001, Fax: 447977
-
- Hotel Ceylon Intercontinental - 48 Janadhipathi mawatha, Colombo 1
- Tel: 421221, Fax: 447326
-
- Oberoi- 77 Steuart place, Colomb 3
-
- Ramada - 115 Sir Chitampalam Gardiner mawatha, Colombo 2
-
-
- Taj Samudra - 25 Galle face Center Rd. Colombo 3
- Tel: 446622, Fax: 546348
-
- Galle Face Hotel - 2 Kollupitiya Rd. Colomb 3
-
- Taprobane - York st. Colombo 1
-
- Colombo Marriott - 64 Echelon sq. Colombo 1
-
- Colombo Renaissance - 115 Sir Chittampalam A., Gardiner Mw. Col.2
- Tel. 544200, Fax. 449184
-
- Hotel Galadari - 64 Lotus Road, Col.1
- Tel. 544544, Fax. 449875
-
- Colombo Hilton - Lotus Road, Echolon Square, Col.1
- Tel. 544644, Fax. 544657
-
-
- Kandy: (area code is 8, or 08 if dialed in SL)
- -----
-
- Queens Hotel - Dalada veediya, kandy (08) 22121
- Casamara - 12 kotugodella veediya, kandy (08) 24051
- --
-
- Check ftp://amil.eng.buffalo.edu/pub/slnet/info/sl-hotels
- See <32> for more info about this FTP site.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- <14> What does Sri Lanka mean?
-
- Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon, Serendib, Taprobane, etc....
-
- [ Following section was compiled by Lareef Zubair ]
-
- Etymologies of Lanka, Serendib, Taprobane and Ceylon.
-
- There is only one credible theory for the origin of the name `Ceylon'.
- One starts with the Pali for the `Place of Jewels', which is Sihalam
- goes thro Senendiva (diva for island) and Silandiva, becomes Serendib
- in Arabic (which incidentally does not mean anything in colloquial
- New England Arabic) and is contracted to Cilao by the Portuguese and to
- Zeilan or Ceilan by the Dutch and to Ceylon by the British.
- Admittedly, the reasoning and linkages are thin.
-
- Horace Walpole wrote the fairy tale named the `three princes of
- serendib' in which the heroes have the faculty of making happy and
- unexpected discoveries by accident. Then a cabal of slnetters used
- serendipity for the name of their journal but their reports on the
- serendipitious discovery of the Vallipuram Buddha statue has
- been anything but happy.
-
- Then there is the Taprobane used by Milton in Paradise Lost, borrowed
- from the accounts of Alexander the Great's officers who heard reports of
- the island when in West Asia and from Greek and Ceylonese travellers.
- Taprobane is supposed to have originated from the `copper colored'
- (Tamba Vanna in Sanskrit) soil of the place at which Vijaya's
- retinue landed. They called their capital Tambapanni.
-
- The name (Sri) Lanka was first recorded in the Ramayana and means
- `resplendent land' in sanskrit. There are other names, including the
- Tamil Ilanare etc, the Arabic `Tenerisim' (the isle of delight), the
- Chinese `Pa-outchow' (the isle of gems), and the `salike' of Ptolemy.
- Some theologians (Christian and Muslim) thought that Noahs ark came to
- rest on Serendib. Also when Adam and Eve were thrown out off the
- garden of Eden for fornication, it was thought appropriate to banish
- them to this island.
-
- Then there is the Sinbad character in the Arabian nights supposed to be
- based on early Arab travellers and there is a description in the Sixth
- Voyage of Sinbad (`the diamonds are in its rivers and the pearls are in
- its valleys and Adams peak contains rubies and spice trees' - This must
- explain the hordes who go there). In 1250 AD, Marco Polo found both men
- and women of Zeilan nude except for a cloth around the middle part of
- their bodies and wrote that they ate wine from trees - (must be ra, no?).
-
- Sources
- 1) Zeylanicus, `Ceylon, between Orient and Occident'
- 2) J.R. Sinnatamby, `Ceylon in Ptolemy's Geography', Colombo 1968
- 3) H.A.J. Hulugalle, `Ceylon of the Early Travellers', Colombo 1965
- 4) A.J. Tresidder, `Ceylon; an introduction to the resplendent land'
- Van Nostrand, 1960
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <15> What is the Civil War in Sri Lanka?
-
- There is a long standing ethnic crisis in the country among
- Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. A Tamil militant group, Liberation
- Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is fighting with the government forces
- in the north and east parts of the island.
-
- It is beyond the scope of this FAQ to give details about the ethnic
- crisis or how ethnic tensions have escallated into a civil war. It is
- suggested that information be obtained from multiple sources.
-
- [Please suggest good reading material]
-
- --
- ** Human rights and Civil War related issues around the world are archived
- as an independent effort by Martin Hogan <hogamd@essex.as.uk>
-
- http://www.essex.ac.uk/law/human-rights/COUNTRIES/SRI-LANKA/
- --
-
- ** Tamil Eelam Home page -- a view from the TE proponents. Maintained
- by Rudrakodeswaran N. Janahan <rnjana@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
-
- http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~janahan/tamil.html
- --
-
- ** This list of publications suggested by Lal Kuruppu in Australia.
-
- De Silva, K.M. Managing ethnic tensions in multi-ethnic societies: Sri
- Lanka 1880-1985. Lanham, MD:University Press of America, 1986.
-
- De Silva, K.M. Problems of governance. Delhi: Konark Publishers, 1993
-
- De Silva, K.M. Traditional homelands of the tamils: separatist ideology in
- Sri lanka, a historical appraisal. Revised 2nd edition. Kandy:
- International Centrte for Ethnic Studies, 1994
-
- Tambiah, Stanley J. Buddhism betrayed: religion, politics and violence in
- Sri lanka. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992
-
- Tambiah, Stanley J. Sri Lanka: ethnic fratricide and the dismantling of
- democracy. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1986
-
- Spencer, jonathan (ed) Sri lanka: history and roots of conflict.
- London:Routledge, 1990
-
- Wilson, A.J. Break-up of Sri lanka: the Sinaha Tamil conflict. Lnodon:
- Hurst, 1988
-
- Abeysekera, Charles and Gunasinghe, Newton (ed) Facets of ethnicity in Sri
- Lanka. Colombo: Sovial Scientists Association, 1987
-
- McGowan, William. Only man is vile: the tragedy of Sri lanka.
- London:Picador, 1994
-
- For news, analysis and comments on the current developments I suggest
- Lanka Guardian, Tamil Times, Far Eastern Economic Review, and India Today
- =======================================================================
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <20> Where are the Embassies of Sri Lanka?
-
- If you are visiting Sri Lanka, you may want to find out about the visa
- requirements from the closest embassy. If you are going to spend an
- extended period in the island, you will need a visa. [Penalties for
- carrying of illegal narcotics into the country are severe]
-
- ** Australia
- High Commission of Sri Lanka Consulate of Sri Lanka
- 35 Empire Circuit 191 Clarence St., 7th Fl.
- Forrest, Canberra ACT 2603 Sydney, NSW 2000
- Tel: (06)239-7041/2 Tel: (2)262-5944
- Fax: (6)239-6166 Fax: (2)290-2335
- --
-
- ** Canada ** Germany
- Walter E. Fernando Embassy of Sri Lanka
- High Commission of Sri Lanka Rolandstrasse 52
- 333 Laurier Ave. West, #1204 53179 Bonn
- Ottawa, Ontario Tel: (0228)332055
- Tel: (613)223-8440/9
- Fax: (613)238-8448
- --
-
- ** India
- High Commission Consulate Consulate
- 27 Kautilya Marg 9D Nawab Habibullah Ave Sri Lanka House
- Chanakyapuri Anderson Road 34 Homi Mody Street
- New Delhi 110021 Madras 600006 Bombay 400023
- Tel: 3010201 Tel: 470831 Tel: 2045861
- --
-
- ** Singapore ** Thailand
- Sri Lanka High Commission Embassy of Sri Lanka
- 51 Goldhill Plaza 89 Sukumvit Soi 15
- 1307-1312 Newton Road Bangkok 10110
- Singapore 1130 Thailand
- Tel: 2544595 Tel: +66(2)251-2788,9
- --
-
- ** UK
- Sri Lanka High Commission
- 13 Hyde Park Gardens
- London W2 2LU
- Tel: 071-262 1841
- --
-
- ** USA
- Embassy of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Mission to the UN
- 2148 Wyoming Avenue, NW 630 Third Avenue, 20th Floor
- Washington, DC 20008 New York, NY 10017
-
- (202)483-4025 (212)986-7040
- (202)483-4028 (212)986-1838 (Fax)
- (202)232-7181 (Fax)
- Passport Office: Ext. 120
- --
- --
-
- ** Sri Lanka
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Republic Building
- Colombo 1
- Sri Lanka
- Tel: (1)325371
- Fax: (1)446091
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <21> What/Where are the Embassies in Sri Lanka?
-
- Australian High Commission Canadian High Commission
- 3 Cambridge Place 6 Gregory's Road
- Colombo 7 Colombo 7
- Tel: (1)698767 thru 69 Tel: (1)694851 thru 53
- Fax: (1)686453, 698332 Fax: (1)687049
- --
-
- French Embassy German Embassy
- 89 Rosmead Place 40 Alfred House Avenue
- Colombo 7 Colombo 3
- Tel: (1)698815, 699750,1 Tel: (1)580431 thru 34
- Fax: (1)580440
- --
-
- Indian High Commission Japanese Embassy
- 36-38 Galle Road 20 Gregory's Road
- Colombo 3 Colombo 7
- Tel: 421605, 422788,9 Tel:(1)693831 thru 33, 698628
- Fax: 446403 692154, 693015
- Fax: 698629
- --
-
- Norwegian Embassy Netherland, Embassy of
- 34 Ward Place 25 Torrington Avenue
- Colombo 7 Colombo 7
- Tel: (1)698936, 692263, Tel: (1)589626 thru 28
- 699457, 687534 Fax: (1)502855
- Fax: (1)695009
- --
-
- Switzerland Embassy Swedish Embassy
- 68 Gregory's Road 315 Vauxhall Street
- Colombo 7 Colombo 2
- Tel: (1)695117, 695127 Tel: (1)328822, 329261
- 695148, 695176
- --
-
- UK High Commission
- 190 Galle Road
- Colombo 3
- Tel: (1)437336 thru 43
- Fax: (1)437344
-
-
- USA
- Amb: Mrs. Teresita C. Schaffer Sri Lanka Desk US Info. Service
- Embassy of the United States Department of State 44 Galle Road
- 210 Galle Road 21st and C streets Colombo 3
- Colombo 3 Washignton, DC 20551 Tel (1)421271
- Sri Lanka USA Fax (1)449070
- Tel:(01)448007, 421271 Tel: (202)647-1450
- Fax:(01)437345
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <22> How do I get my Sri Lankan passport renewed?
-
- There are two types of renewals.
-
- (1) If your passport is less than 10 years old, you can simply renew
- the existing one.
- (2) If the passport is more than 10 years old (ie. it has been renewed
- once before) OR it has run out of pages (stop traveling so much)
- then you have to obtain a new passport.
-
- Naturally, there are two types of forms that you have to fill out. (I
- guess one form with two boxes to tick off makes too much sense.) So
- when you call the embassy, (phone numbers are under <20>) be specific.
- You may also need to give them the National ID number and the current
- passport number before they can send you the form. Why? Why ask why?
-
- There is a $130 surcharge for getting a new passport through the SL embassy
- in Washington DC as they have to send the paperwork to Sri Lanka. As far
- as I know, the five-year renewal doesn't cost this outrageous $130. If
- you get your passport renewed in Sri Lanka, there is no $130 surchage.
- Your mileage may vary for SL embassies in other countries.
-
- For emergencies, the embassy can issue an one-time temporary passport
- which is good only to enter Sri Lanka. You will have to obtain a regular
- passport while in SL. Moreover, you may have problems of getting visas
- (ie: transit visa -- to have the privilage of sitting on a lousy chair at
- Charles de Gaulle airport.) with this temporary passport.
-
- To get a new passport for a lost/stolen passport, you are required to
- send a police report, national ID and/or original birth certificate
- and/or citizenship certificate, documents to prove the legality of your
- stay in the country (valid visa)... etc.
-
- For more info, call the embassy. See <20>
- --
-
- It is possible to renew your passport directly from SL while you are
- out of SL. Cost Rs. 1000.00 (takes one week) or Rs. 2000.00 (same
- day service).
- 1. a letter stating why you need it so fast.
- 2. Affidavit stating that the bearer will handle all the passport
- related matters on your behalf. (state his national ID number)
- 3. If you need to express mail (courier), need permission from
- Emmigration and Immigration dept.
- 4. Will need National ID, birth certificate, etc, as per
- application requirements.
- 5. May need certified proof of your identity. (AttornyAtLaw, JP)
- --
-
- [ Okay, can someone send his/her old passport to Sri Lanka and get a
- new one? Can you send it to the passport office? Is it cheaper to
- send it to a relative and ask him/her to take it and get it renewed?
- Or does the passport owner absolutely *has* to be in Sri Lanka before
- they can renew the passport? ]
- --
-
- I hear that all the Kachcheri's can do passport work now. Please confirm.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <23> What are the US Immigration announcement phone numbers?
-
- These are the numbers for Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
- of the United States, Washington, DC office. Toll calls.
-
- Visa Cutoff Date Announcement (202) 663-1541
- Visa Information (202) 663-1225
- Immigration Lottery Info (202) 663-1600 (DV-1 has been anounced)
- Online Visa Information (202) 647-9225 (Modem/Data)
- Bureau of Consular Affairs (202) 647-3000 (Touch Tone FAX only)
-
- Also check with your local INS office.
- --
-
- alt.visa.us FAQ "us-visa-faq" is available (along with many other FAQs)
- from ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/us-visa-faq If you do
- not have access to FTP, send an e-mail to <mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu> with
- "send usenet/news.answers/us-visa-faq" (without quotes) in the body.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <24> Does Sri Lanka allow dual citizenship?
-
- [ under construction ]
- --
- =======================================================================
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <30> What are the electronic forums on Sri Lanka?
-
- SLNet: A moderated electronic mailing list which carries news and info.
- This is not a discussion group. To become a member of SLNet, send an
- e-mail to <slnet-request@lacnet.org> with the following one-liner in
- the body of your message. (Fill in your name)
-
- subscribe your_first_name your_last_name
- --
-
- Serendipity: An electronic magazine published on a bi-monthly basis by the
- Sri Lanka Academic Interest Group. Its primary audience is the expatriate
- Sri Lankans. It is aimed at increasing the awareness of Sri Lanka and the
- artistic and scholarly activities of the Sri Lankan community spread all
- over the world. Electronic copies of Serendipity are available free of
- charge in ASCII (plain text) or TeX formats. To obtain past issues,
- please send an e-mail to <dharma@src.umd.edu> with "help" in the subject
- line. An auto-mailer will reply with a directory listing.
-
- Serendipity issues: <dharma@src.umd.edu>
-
- [ Serendipity Electronic Journal has not been published since January
- of 1995. We don't know when, if at all, it will be published again. ]
- --
-
- Sawnet: South Asian Women's NET is a forum for south asian women, and
- those interested in issues relevant to south asian women. Membership
- is limited to women only (not necessarily South Asian). To subscribe
- to Sawnet, send a message to <sawnet@qiclab.scn.rain.com> with the
- subject "Sawnet subscription request."
-
- Contact info: <susan@pablo.niddk.nih.gov> Susan Chacko
- --
-
- LaRC: Lanka Ribald Classics is an electronic magazine aimed at archiving
- unwritten humor from Sri Lanka. Rated R. To become a member of the
- mailing list, send an e-mail to <wpd@eng.umd.edu> Send contributions to
- the same address.
-
- [ This has not been published in a long while. Have we exhausted all
- the "unwritten humor of Sri Lanka" already? ]
- --
-
- GASSHO: A bimonthly electronic journal seeking to promote communications
- and community amongst Buddhist scholars, laypractitioners, monks and nuns.
- GASSHO is a non-sectarian publication and does not represent any particular
- school of Buddhism. <dharma@netcom.com> or <GASSHO@f33.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG>
-
- Review Editor, GASSHO [ This list and the following list are not
- P.O. Box 4951 directly related to Sri Lanka, but Buddhism
- Berkeley, CA 94704-4951 is a major religion in the country ]
- --
-
- BUDDHA-L: Buddhist Academic Discussion Forum. To subscribe send an e-mail
- to <LISTSERV@ULKYVM.BITNET> with "subscribe buddha-l your-name" in the
- message body. Text archives maybe found via FTP/Gopher on coombs.anu.edu.au
- or its mirror sites under /coombspapers/otherarchives
- --
-
- CricInfo: This is a gopher. [Cricket is the second religion for all.]
- Path is: <Other Gophers/North America/USA/Oregon/CricInfo Gopher>
- --
-
- soc.culture.sri-lanka: A newsgroup on Usenet. Other relevant news groups
- include soc.culture.tamil, soc.culture.indian, soc.culture.asian.american,
- rec.sport.cricket, rec.sport.cricket.scores, misc.news.southasia, alt.
- visa.us, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.flame, alt.I.am.holier.than.thou.
- --
-
- BBS': Your local BBS' might carry full Usenet and Internet mail, in which
- case you can subscribe to any news group or a mailing list on the Internet.
- Online services that do provide, at least, an e-mail link to Internet
- include: Netcom, UUnet, PSInet, CompuServe, America Online, Genie, Prodigy,
- Delphi, FidoNet, etc. Prices vary depending on the services/times that
- you access the service. (more info: see books/publications on <32> All
- of them tell you how to "get online.")
- --
-
- WWW/Gopher/Veronica: see below
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <31> Does Sri Lanka have e-mail?
-
- Lanka Academic Network (LAcNet), a not for profit organization created by
- overseas Sri Lankans, provides an electronic mail service to the following
- institutions in Sri Lanka. Sanjiva Weerawarana <saw@cs.purdue.edu>
- operates the US end of the link. This connects to the SL hub (LEARN mail)
- at the University of Moratuwa. This connection is NOT an internet link.
- One cannot telnet or FTP to Sri Lanka, yet. Plans are underway to implement
- a real-time internet connection ... real soon now. :-)
-
-
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 95 08:19:45 est
- From: Gihan Dias <gihan@cse.mrt.ac.lk>
-
-
- U. Moratuwa
- cse.mrt.ac.lk Dept. of Computer Science and Eng.
- ent.mrt.ac.lk Dept. of Electronics and Telecom Eng.
- elect.mrt.ac.lk Dept. of Electrical Eng.
- civil.mrt.ac.lk Dept. of Civil Eng.
- mech.mrt.ac.lk Dept. of Mechanical Eng.
- becon.mrt.ac.lk Dept. of Building Economics.
-
- U. Colombo
- pharm.cmb.ac.lk Pharmacology Dept.
- parasit.cmb.ac.lk Parasitology Dept.
- dscs.cmb.ac.lk Stat. & Comp. Sci. Dept.
- ict.cmb.ac.lk Inst. of Computer Technology
- dfs.cmb.ac.lk Dean - Science Faculty
-
- Open of Sri Lanka
- ou.ac.lk Open University
- phy.ou.ac.lk Physics Division
- chem.ou.ac.lk Chemistry Division
- emath.ou.ac.lk Math & Management Division
- et.ou.ac.lk Education Division
-
- U. Peradeniya
- eng.pdn.ac.lk Engineering Fac.
- pgia.pdn.ac.lk Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture
- sci.pdn.ac.lk Science Fac.
- arts.pdn.ac.lk Arts Fac.
- agri.pdn.ac.lk Department of Agriculture
-
- U. Ruhuna
- sci.ruh.ac.lk Science Faculty
- pead.ruh.ac.lk Department of Paedatrics
-
- U. Kelaniya
- kln.ac.lk University of Kelaniya
-
- U. Sri Jayawardenapura
- sjp.ac.lk University of Sri Jayawardenapura
-
-
- ugc.ac.lk University Grants Commission
- Eastern University
-
-
- ifs.ac.lk Inst. of Fundamental Studies
- kndy.ices.ac.lk International Centre for Ethnic Studies - Kandy
- cmb.ices.ac.lk International Center for Ethnic Studies -
- Colombo
- ef.org.ac.lk Environmental Foundation
- cisir.ac.lk Ceylon Inst. of Scientific and Industrial Research
- shalimar.ac.lk Rohan de Livera (private)
- limm.ac.lk Lahmeyer Int. (company)
- its.ac.lk Inst. of Technological Studies
- royins.ac.lk Royal Institute
- cintec.ac.lk Computer & Info. Tech. Council
- care.ac.lk CARE International - Sri Lanka
- naresa.ac.lk Natural Resources, Energy and Science Authority
- slida.ac.lk Sri Lanka Institute of Development Admin.
- narepp.ac.lk NAREPP\IRG
- deptag.ac.lk S.L. Dept. of Agriculture
- cssl.ac.lk Computer Society of Sri Lanka
- ips.ac.lk Institute of Policy Studies
- cfsr.ac.lk Centre for Society and Religion
- cland.ac.lk Computer Land
- daph.pdn.ac.lk Department of Animal Production & Health
- iics.ac.lk Informatics Institute of Computer Studies
- ots.ac.lk Overseas Telecommunication Services
- rcss.ac.lk Regional Centre for Strategic Studies
- sugar.ac.lk Sugarcane Research Institute
- postarc.ac.lk Postgraduate Institute of Archeaology
- minien.ac.lk Ministry of Environment, Transport and Womens
- Affairs
- mofa.ac.lk Ministry of Foreign Affairs
-
- Last Updated -- 20th April 1995
-
-
- If you need more information, you may contact the postmaster at the site.
- For instance, to get more information on who's who at IFS you may send
- an e-mail to <postmaster@ifs.ac.lk>
-
- Since e-mail to Sri Lanka goes over international telephone services,
- please do NOT send long, useless, frivolous (huh?) or test messages.
- Lacnet pays the phone bills with the money from voluntary contributions
- from people like you.
-
- ***** If you find e-mail services to Sri Lanka valuable, please make a *****
- ***** small monetary contribution towards keeping the e-mail link alive. *****
-
- You may send your contribution (payable to LACNET) to:
-
- Vicum Perera, Treasurer
- 64E, South Westmoor Av
- Newark, OH 43055
- USA
-
- For more info on Lacnet, please check out their web page
- http://www.glue.umd.edu/~lacnet/lacnet.html
- --
-
- Datanet X.25 Packet Switch connection
- 67 Dharmapala Mawatha to Singapore and rest of the world
- Colombo 7
-
- Tel: +94(1)437545,6 For CompuServe accounts, contact
- Fax: +94(1)437547 Rohith Odalagama
- --
-
- Electrotek ??? [please send info]
- Going out of business sale? :-) [please send more info]
- --
-
- Information Laboratories (Pvt.) Ltd.
- 69/7A, Attidiya Road Phone: +94(1)611061
- Ratmalana E-mail: <service@infolabs.is.lk>
- Sri Lanka BBS: +94(1)611160 (8N1, 14.4K baud)
-
- This company provides e-mail facilities in Sri Lanka, to individuals,
- companies, and organisations. Messages can be sent to/from any internet
- address both within and outside Sri Lanka. They also provide a facility
- for sending messages to people who don't have a telephone or a computer.
-
- Infolabs also provides access to Usenet and ftp services, as well as a
- computer bulletin board.
-
- http://www.igc.apc.org/is/
- --
-
- Lanka Internet Services, Ltd. Phone: +94(1)342974
- 5th floor, IBM Building Fax: +94(1)736605
- 48 Nawam Mawatha E-mail: <info@sri.lanka.net>
- Colombo 2, Sri Lanka WWW: http://www.lanka.net/
-
- This company provieds TCP/IP full internet connections to other companies
- and organizations. They also provide Colombo Stock Exchange information
- via e-mail on a pay-per fee basis.
- --
-
- Toolnet Access Point (TAP) Sri Lanka
- Arthur C. Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies
- Prof. S. Karunaratne
- Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Tel. +94 1 446546 or 507461 Internet: <accc@lankatap.tool.nl>
- Fax. +94 1 647462
-
- Toolnet of Netherland (<jeroen.jonk@tool.nl> (Jeroen Jonk)) provides FidoNet
- e-mail connections to/within Sri Lanka. Internet e-mail can be routed
- to FidoNet e-mail system.
- --
-
- Places such as VOA (Voice of America), USAID (US Agency for Intl Develpoment)
- etc offices in Sri Lanka have their own dedicated connections. So, if your
- friends are working in those offices, you are in business.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <32> Are there Sri Lanka related FTP/Web/Gopher sites?
-
- For more info on FTP, e-mail, Usenet, gopher, WWW, WAIS, etc. read:
- (These are NOT about Sri Lanka)
-
- a) "The Whole Internet - User's Guide and Catalog" by Ed Krol
- Published as an O'Reilly Associates <nuts@ora.com> book.
- ISBN: 1-56592-025-2 http://nearnet.gnn.com/
-
- b) "Zen and the Art of Internet" by Brendon Kehoe <brendan@cygnus.com>
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/ (location not certain)
- Also available in paperback - ISBN: 0-13-010778-6
-
- c) "EFF's Guide to the Internet" by Electronic Frontier Foundation
- This guide is available free of charge from the EFF at
- i ftp://ftp.eff.org
- ii gopher://gopher.eff.org
- iii http://www.eff.org
- iv EFF BBS (+1 202 638 6120)
- v America OnLine (AOL) keyword EFF
- vi CompuServe (CIS) GO EFFSIG
- --
-
- FTP - ftp://amil.eng.buffalo.edu/pub/slnet/
- Maintained by Jagath "Bandu" Samarabandu <bandu@acsu.buffalo.edu>
-
- README - Read this first
- doc/ - documents, reports, papers, etc.
- images/ - gif and tiff images from SL + space shuttle photos of SL
- info/ - information of all kinds
- misc/ - chicken curry recipe, guitar cords, sinhala mac font
-
- ***** Please restrict your FTPing to non-business hours *****
- ***** (6:00pm - 7:00 am US Eastern Time). *****
-
- Those of you who cannot ftp directly can use a mail server. Send the
- word "help" in the message body to <ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com>
- --
-
- WWW - http://www.city.net/countries/sri_lanka/
- Maintained by City Net. (Info - http://www.city.net/cnx/about_cnx.html)
- This page contains links the several of following pages
- --
-
- WWW - http://suif.stanford.edu/~saman/lanka/sri_lanka.html
- Maintained by Saman Amarasinghe <saman@wildhog.stanford.edu>
- --
-
- WWW - http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Sri_Lanka
- Maintained by Gihan Seneviratne <seneviratne@cf.ac.uk>
- --
-
- WWW - http://www.freenet.mb.ca/community/iphome/s/slam/index.html
- Maintained by Castus Peiris <bqp407@freenet.mb.ca>
- on behalf of Sri Lanka Association of Manitoba, Canada.
- --
-
- WWW - http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~janahan/tamil.html
- Maintained by Rudrakodeswaran N. Janahan" <rnjana@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
- This is mostly about Tamil Eelam and LTTE.
- --
-
- WWW - http://www.essex.ac.uk/law/human-rights/COUNTRIES/SRI-LANKA/
- Martin Hogan <hogamd@essex.as.uk> maintains a page for war
- and human rights issues. (slow connection from US)
- --
-
- WWW - http://yucc.yorku.ca/home/thomas/sl.html
- Maintained by Thomas Savundranayagam <thomas@yucc.yorku.ca>
- Future announcements, past photos, etc of special events
- organized by the York Sri Lanka Student Association.
- --
-
- WWW - http://www.singapore.com/business/srilanka
- Maintained by Sri Lanka High Commission in Singapore
- Investment opportunities for companies in Sri Lanka
- (folks, how about expanding to news/info/etc also)
- --
-
- WWW - http://www.geo.unizh.ch/~lanka
- Maintained by Peter Bitter <bitter@rsl.geogr.unizh.ch>
- Technical papers, studies, proposals on Land Use etc.
- --
-
- WWW - http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/
- United Nations University/University of Ulster
- Links/Pointers to most of the other SL stuff on the Net.
- --
-
- File Server - SLnet related file archive is <dharma@src.umd.edu>
- To get a listing of available files, please send an e-mail to the
- above address with "help" (no quotes) in the Subject line.
- --
-
- Many other Sri Lankans (Shahani, ...) have Web pages with
- Sri Lanka related stuff. Please let each other (and me) know so
- links can be made from one to the other.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <33> Are there any Sinhala fonts?
-
-
- Sunil Koswatta <skoswatt@mcs.kent.edu> has created a bitmapped Sinhala
- font for the Macintosh computers.
- http://nimitz.mcs.kent.edu/~skoswatt/sin.html
- --
-
- Vasantha Saparamadu <vasa@ee.uts.edu.au> has sucessfully converted the
- above to a LaTex font.
- --
-
- No Sinhala Metafonts that I know of (yet). If you are interested in
- developing a sinhala Metafont, you may want to contact Wijesuriya
- Dayawansa <wpd@eng.umd.edu> at University of Maryland.
- --
-
- Ecological Linguistics Sinhala Font for Mac and PCs.
- P.O Box 15156 Price: US$80.00
- Washington, DC 20003
- (202)547-7678
- --
-
- Ethno Multimedia They sell five Sinhala PostScript fonts for
- 2055 Dundas Street West PCs, Macs, Amiga and NeXT. Price US$300/font.
- Toronto, Ontario
- Canada M6R 1W8
- (416)588-7193
- (416)925-6319
- --
-
- S.T. Nandasara Fonts for Xerox Ventura (Rs. 30,000)
- Institute of Comp Studies WadanTharuwa SP (Rs. 20,000)
- University of Colombo E-mail: stn@ict.ac.lk
- Tel: (1)581245
- --
-
- S.P. Mahanama Fonts for Aldes Page Maker (PC)
- 145/1 Gramasanwardena Rd Four styles (Rs. 50,000)
- Polwatte, Pannipitiya
- Sri Lanka
- Tel: (72)46918
- --
-
- Gate Seven Computers Ltd Chitralekha, SHree Lipi
- 6A Gwendwr Road Word (windows) fonts
- London W14 9BG
- Tel/Fax: +44(0)71-602-5186
- --
-
- Lingua Language Services
- 63b Woodhead Road
- Holmfirth Huddersfield
- Yorkshire HD7 1PR, UK
- Tel +44 (0)484 686396
- Fax +44 (0)484 687320
- --
-
- Gamma Productions Inc
- 710 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 609
- Santa Monica, CA 90401
-
- (310)394-8622
- (310)395-4214 Fax
- --
-
- OpenArc Systems Management (Pvt) Ltd.
- 57C S De S. Jayasinghe Mawatha
- Kohuwala, Nugegoda
- Sri Lanka
- Tel: (94)(1)823551-2 or (94)(078)64707
- Fax: (94)(1)823552
- --
-
- It is possible to make new Mac fonts with the package Fontographer
- on the Mac. The package costs about $250.00 <hint><hint>
- --
-
- [ Here is a recent update from Rasika Suriyaarachchi ]
-
- 1. 'Sinhala for Windows Fonts'
-
- Kandy, Lnkanata, Lankathilaka three true type font sets.
- These fonts can be used in almost all windows based software
- including WordPerfect, Word for Windows, Pagemaker, Power Point,
- Visual Basic, Visual C++ and many more.
-
- (they say these fonts can be used in more than 300 windows programs;
- Multimedia and Graphics applications. I have not used this as yet
- but would be in a position to give my comments in around two weeks time.
- I also do not know whether they are scalable)
-
- Special '95 offer : Rs. 1,650/-
-
- Available from:
-
- a. Open Arc Systems Management Ltd., 57C, Kalubowila Rd, Kohuwala
- Nugegoda. Tel: 823551,823552 Fax: 823552
-
- b. Asia Pac Sri Lanka, 48 A, Dickmans Rd., Colombo 5. Tel: 502688
- Fax: 686990
-
- c. EPSI Software, Majestic City, COlombo 4. Tel: 580754
-
- d. Electonotion Systems, 91, Galle Rd., Colombo 4.
- Tel: 585095, 590803 Fax: 585095
-
- e. Business Micro Systems, 14/15, Vajira Road, Colombo 4. Tel 581283
-
- f. COmsoft, 88, Rodrigo Place, Colombo 15. Tel: 522765
-
-
-
- 2. 'Micromage' Sinhala Fonts
-
- Marketed by: Multicomp, 690, 2nd floor, Galle Rd., Colombo 4.
- Tel: 502924, 590535
-
- We have these fonts at University of Kelaniya on trial. Appears
- to be very good, scalabel and can be used in almost all windows
- based software such as Word, Excell, SPSS etc. We have not tried
- lengthy documents so far. Price seems high.
-
- Selling price: Rs. 22,000
- (15% discount on educational uses)
-
-
- 3. There are 'Sri Krishna Thulasi' fonts too,
- both Sinhala and Tamil fonts are available.
- for windows applications and own word processing.
-
- Price now known, contact:
- Sri Krishna Thulasi, 127, New Chetty Street, Colombo 13.
- Tel: 434688, 335540 Fax: 434351
-
-
- I will have more detaild information on some of the above very soon,
-
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <34> Are there any Tamil fonts?
-
- [ There is a "Tamil Software Information FAQ" prepared by Ravi Sundaram
- <sundaram@utacfd.uta.edu> being posted to soc.culture.tamil and
- soc.culture.indian.info. Please check that FAQ for more (detailed)
- information on Tamil fonts and Tamil WP software. ]
-
-
- [ Also see previous section for vendor info ]
- --
-
- ITRANS package made by Avinash Chopde comes bundled with wntml Tamil meta
- font made by the Humanities and Arts Computing Center of the University of
- Washington. Latest version I fould was 3.20. It comes with instructions
- to install on PC or Unix. The package is available for anonymous FTP from:
- ftp://cs.duke.edu/dist/sources/itrans32.tar.Z
- --
-
- Macintosh fonts for Devanagari and Tamil are available for FTP at
- ftp://mac.archive.umich.edu/mac/system.extensions/font/type3/indianfonts.sit.hqx
- --
-
- Palladam Tamil Font, Version 2.1 - made by T. Govindaraj
- <tg@chmsr.gatech.edu> He also has a mailing list about the font.
- (Send mail to <tamil-palladam-request@isye.gatech.edu>
- if you would like to get on/off the mailing list)
-
- ftp://mac.archive.umich.edu/mac/system.extensions/font/type1/palladam2.1.sit.hqx
-
- umich archive has a few mirror sites. (for the two previous fonts)
-
- ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/{apple2,mac,atari,ibmpc,next}/umich.edu/
- ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/mac/
- ftp://ftp.pht.com/pub/mac/umich/
- ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/mac/umich/
- ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/mac/
- ftp://archie.au/micros/mac/umich/
-
- Please use the one closest to you.
- --
-
- K Sanchayan
- InXyte Incorporated True Type Tamil Fonts (KS_ouvai, KS_kampan)
- 15, Mt. Vernon Street Free; write to the address
- Malden MA 02148 Send $2.50+ for shipping + other costs
- --
-
- "Ranjani Mathy" - TrueType font. Info came from SL. (need info about
- availability, contact address/phone/FTP site/etc)
- --
-
- Adami Tamil font - I don't have any info on this. Supposedly a very
- nice font.
- --
-
- Ethno Multimedia (see above for address) also sells PostScript Tamil fonts.
- Price: US$???? per font.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <35> Are there Sinhala/Tamil word/text processors?
-
- [ See note under <34> ]
- --
-
- With the Mac fonts, any Mac word/text processor can become a Sinhala/
- Tamil word processor, instantly. See <23> and <24>. {same is true of
- PCs and TrueType fonts???}
- --
-
- WadanTharuwa Contact: S.T. Nandasara
- Computing Services Center Dot Matrix - 24pin (Rs. 20,000)
- Inst. Comp. Studies, U of Colombo Laser (Being developed)
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Tel: (1)581245 E-mail: <stn@ict.ac.lk>
- --
-
- WordPower Laser version: Rs. 20,000
- S.P. Mahanama Tel: (72)46918
- 145/1 Gramasanwardena Rd
- Polwatte, Pannipitiya
- Sri Lanka
- --
-
- Thibasa Developed by IFS (?)
- Dynamic Ramy, Haylese Group Laser: Rs. 25,000
- Poster Lane, Deans Road Dot Matrix: Rs. 18,000
- Colombo 10, Sri Lanka Tel: (1)699087, 699100
- --
-
- Super Bits Created by:
- IFS (e-mail @ifs.ac.lk) Sampath Godamunne
- Hantana Road Vipula Jayampathi
- Kandy, Sri Lanka Rohan Manamudali
- Tel: +94(08)32002 Dhammika Wijeratne
- --
-
- ADAMI94.ZIP - Tamil word processer for MSDOS (IBMPC)
- The package is shareware requiring a registration fee. It is available
- on the following site as well as other Simtel mirror sites.
- For a list of Simtel mirror sites, check MSDOS FTP documents.
- ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/editor/adami94.zip
- --
-
- Pulavan - For PCs 386 and up. Developed by Dr. Vasu Renganathan
- (vasu@u.washington.edu) at U Washington. It is a Tamil Teaching,
- Learning, Translating software. There is a translation software
- which translates a restricted number of sentence types from English
- to Tamil. Source is available.
- ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/doc/misc/tamil/pulavan/
- --
-
- PCTAMIL - Transliteration tool for PCs. PC based programs in this
- package can beused for reading Romanized Tamil text in Tamil script.
- ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/editor/pctamil1.zip
- --
-
- Thiru 1.0 - A WYSWYG DOS editor in Romanized Tamil. Use this program to
- create, edit and print texts in Tamil script. The tamil words are entered
- in the Romanized Tamil convention. [K. Srinivasan <srini@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>]
- ftp://oak.oakland.edu/simtel/msdos/txtutl/thiru10.zip
- ftp://archive.orst.edu/pub/mirrors/simtel/msdos/txtutl/thiru10.zip
- --
-
- Visual Tamil - Learn Tamil and Tamil culture of TamilNadu. graphics,
- animation and sound. Windows 3.1 product. $35.
-
- Indus Valley
- 591 Albion Court
- San Jose, CA 95136
- --
- =======================================================================
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <40> What are the Sri Lankan publications in my country?
-
- ** Australia
-
- Thorathuru: Newsletter-SL Assoc. of NSW Serendib/Hela Handa
- Ed: Dr. Harold Gunatillaka PO Box 163
- 2 Liffey Place North Balwyn
- Woronara Victoria 3104
- NSW 2232
-
- Light of Buddhism
- 21 Rich Street
- Noble Park
- Victoria 3174
- --
-
- ** UK
-
- Newslanka Silvarrow
- 97 Ivy Road 101 Churchfield Road
- London NW2 6XL London W3 6AH
-
- Weekly; Free circulation Monthly; Free Circulation
- Yearly Subscription (S/H): Yearly Subscription (S/H):
- UK #15.00 UK: #6.00
- Europe #40.00
- USA #60.00
- --
-
- Voice of Lanka
- No. 35 Dale Walk
- Dartford, Kent DA2 6JA
-
- Monthly; Free circulation
- Yearly subscription 6.00 UK Pounds
- --
-
- Tamil Times
- ISSN 0266-4488
- Publisher: Tamil Times Ltd.
- PO Box 121, Sutton
- Surrey SM1 3TD
- United Kingdom
- Phone: 0181 644 0972
- Fax : 0181 241 4557
-
- Monthly Publication; available in most SL
- Stores in UK. Subscription rates:
- UK/India/Sri Lanka US$ 25
- Australia AUS$ 45
- Canada CAN$ 40
- USA US$ 35
- All Other Countries US$ 35
- --
-
- Patriot
- Address??
- --
-
-
- ** USA
-
- Serendipity - a free electronic journal of scholarly articles.
- See <30> for more details.
- --
-
- Sri Lanka Express news; ads; marriage proposals;
- 12922 Osborne Street English; Bi-weekly; $24.00/year;
- Arleta, CA 91331
-
- Ed: Mr. Deeptha Lelaratne [ This here is the pillar of ]
- Tel: (818)897-7035 [ journalistic integrity. Not! ]
- Fax: (818)834-0659
- --
-
- The Lankan - Newsletter of SLANY (See <50>)
- --
-
- Sri Lanka Newsletter - News according to the government.
- Published by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washigton DC. (see <20>)
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <41> Can we get Sri Lankan newspapers outside of SL?
-
- ** Australia -- Most SL newspapers are available. Check with local
- contacts.
-
- ** Canada: Toronto -- Most SL newspapers are available in Sri Lankan stores
-
- ** UK: Lihiniya, No 70 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3EP
- There are quite a few SL stores in London area:
- Southall, Wembly, Eastham, Wimbledon, Hounslow. (address?)
-
- ** USA: NY, DC -- people get the Sunday SL newspapers by Tuesday. Check
- with local contacts. (address/phone?)
- --
-
- Sunday Observer and Ceylon Daily News
- Now available on the web
- http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse
- --
-
- Selected articles from Sunday Times
- http://www.is.lk/is/times/index.html
- --
-
- Selected articles from The Island
- http://www.is.lk/is/island/index.html
- --
-
- Lake House International Edition Upali Group Intn'l Editions
- Sri Lanka News ?? Island
- The Circulation Manager Circulation
- Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, Ltd. Upali Newspapers, Ltd.
- P. O. Box 1198, Colombo 223 Bloemendhal Road, Colomb 13
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
- news;English; Bi-weekly?? Monthly??; news; English; Bi-weekly;
- air:$58.75/yr; sea:$29.50/yr; price ??
- --
-
- *** These two are highly recommended. (Now more than ever! The two
- editors are said to be very close to the current President of SL :-))
-
- Counterpoint (A Ravaya publication) Pravada (Pravada Publications)
- P. O. Box 66 129/6A Nawala Rd
- Mount Lavinia Colombo 5
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Tel:(1)501339
- political analyses; news; political analyses; news;
- English; monthly mag; $24.00/yr; English; monthly mag; $38/yr
- --
-
- Lanka Guardian
- Lanka Guardian Publishing Co.
- 246 Union Place
- Colombo 2, Sri Lanka
-
- Lanka Guardian is a leading english-language magazine of
- politics & current affairs published in Sri Lanka.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <42> Are there any SL radio programs outside of Sri Lanka?
-
- ** Canada
-
- Voice of Taprobane
- CKDU 97.5 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Every Sunday 2.00p.m to 3.30p.m
- News; music; local events;
-
- Wimal Rankaduwa <RANKADUW@ac.dal.ca>
- --
-
- Asian Vibrations
- CJAM 91.5 FM
- 401 Sunset Ave
- Windsor, Ontario
- Canada N9B 3P4
- Community radio; SL & Indian prog.
- --
-
- ** UK
-
- Sunrise Radio
- 1458 AM
- Address/Phone??
- Sri Lankan and Indian programs.
- 10:00pm - 11:00pm Tamil progs.
- South Asian new every hour on the hour
- --
-
- ** USA
-
- KPSK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles
- news; music; interviews;
- for programming information
- call Deeptha Leelaratne (see <40>)
- --
-
-
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <43> What are the SLBC shortwave frequencies?
-
- Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Radio Broadcasts
- 2000-2130 UTC 11835, 15120, 17805 KHz
- 0600-1000 UTC 6005, 9720, 17805 KHz
-
- SLBC North American Service
- 2330-0000 UTC - 15425 KHz Monday
- 0445-0515 UTC - 15425, 9720 KHz Tuesday
-
- Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
- P.O. Box 574 Torrington Square
- Colombo
- Sri Lanka
- news???; music????;
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <44> What are the BBC frequencies for North America?
-
- {try these and let me know if they work}
-
- Eastern US/Canada Central, Mountain, Pacific US/Canada
- Time (GMT) Freq. (MHz)
- 1400-1615 17.84 1400-1615 17.84
- 1400-1745 15.26 1400-1745 15.26
- 1100-1400 15.22 1100-1400 15.22
- 2100-0030 9.59 1300-1400 11.82
- 1300-1745 9.515 1400-1500 11.82, 9.74 (Sat/Sun)
- 2200-0430 7.325 1200-1400 9.74
- 1100-1200 6.195 0500-0815 9.64
- 2300-0430 6.175 2300-0230 9.59
- 1100-1400 5.965 2300-0430 7.325
- 2300-0430 5.975 0000-0730 5.975
-
- world news;
- --
-
- London Calling,
- PO Box 76, Bush House, Strand,
- London, England, WC2B 4PH
- monthly magazine; program journal of the BBC World Service; 12pounds/year;
- For a free copy of London Calling call/write
- BBC
- 630 5th Avenue
- N.Y, N.Y 10111-0002
- (212) 581-7100
- --
-
- Check the following anonymous FTP site for radio frequency listings
- http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/worldservice/index.html
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <45> What are the All India Radio frequencies?
-
- 0000-0115 9910 English
- 0130-0250 15120, 11830 News in various languages
- 1300-1500 15020, 9700 Sinhalese
- 1300-1610 11620 News in various languages
- 1330-1500 9565 English
- 1330-1450 10030, 9950 News in various languages
- 2030-2230 11620 English
- --
- =======================================================================
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <50> Are there any Sri Lanka related organizations?
-
- ** Australia
- Sri Lanka Association of NSW Sri Lankan Youth Club
- President - Freeda Karunaratne Contact - Ranjeeva Perera
- Tel: 874-2313 Tel: 02 670-6063
- --
-
- Buddhist Vihara Victoria Melbourne Sri Lanka Buddhist Vihara
- 21 Rich Street Regent Street
- Noble Park Vic 3174 Springvale
- Tel : 548 4525 Tel : 547 0872
- --
-
- Lanakarama Buddhist Vihara
- 27 Asquith Street
- Auburn (Sydney?)
- --
-
- ** Canada
-
- Sri Lanka-Canada Association of Montreal
- P O Box 261
- Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 4N9
- Canada
-
- For info: Anton Eric Perera <aericper@teleglobe.ca>
- --
-
- Sri Lanka Association of Manitoba (SLAM)
- 26 Saphire Place
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Canada R2V 4N4
- E-Mail: <bqp407@freenet.mb.ca>
- --
-
- ** UK
-
- London Buddhist Vihara Thames Buddhist Vihara
- 5, Heathfield Gardens Dulverton Road
- Chiswick Selsdon
- London W4 Surrey
- Tel: 081 - 995 9493 Tel: 081 - 657 7120
- --
-
- London Murugan Temple Sri Lanka Association??
- 78, Church Road
- London E12
- Tel: 081 - 478 8433
- --
-
- Sri Lankan Students Society
- c/o University Union Ca rdiff
- University of Wales College of Cardiff
- Park Place
- Cardiff CF1 3QN
- email: slss-cardiff@cm.cf.ac.uk
- World Wide Web: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk:/Sri_Lanka/Slss
- --
-
- Movement to Prevent Child Prostitution (MPCP)
- 5 Mount Drive
- Wembley Park
- Middlesex HA9 9ED
- United Kingdom
-
- Tel: 081-904 1727
- Fax: 081-550 9224
- E-mail: <leelasena@oldstreet.agw.bt.co.uk>
- or <leelaslk@vax.sbu.ac.uk>
- --
-
- ** USA
-
- SL Assoc of New York (SLANY) SL Assoc of Washington DC (SLAW)
- 755 Webster Ave PO Box 65380
- New Rochelle, NY 10804 Washington, DC 20035-5398
- --
-
- Sri Lanka Ranga Kala Kavaya
- P. O. Box 18029
- Washington, DC 20036-8029
- (703)527-3659
- To promote the Sri Lankan Culture
- --
-
- Sri Lanka Association of Los Angeles
- Take your pick. Many divisions and factions. (Evidently, LA's
- Sri Lankan population has exceeded the "critical mass.")
- --
-
- Royal College Old Boy's Association of North America (R-COBANA)
- Call Raj Gowrinathan (310) 271-9678 (Los Angeles)
- There's a NY Branch ...
- --
-
- Trinity Old Boy's Association
- Call Samy Thirunavukarasu (213) 874-8030 (Los Angeles)
- There's a DC branch -- Contact Pradeep Liyanamana or Dasarath Kiridena
- --
-
- Following is a list of religious organizations. Temporary accomodations
- maybe available at some of these places.
-
- Buddhist Vihara Buddhist Information Center
- Ven. Maharagama Dharmasiri Ven. Katugastota Uparathana
- 5017 16th Street NW P. O. Box 13504
- Washington, DC 20011 Silver Spring, MD 20911
- (202)723-0773 (202)832-9393
- --
-
- America-Sri Lanka Buddhist Assoc. Bhawana Society
- Ven K. Piyatissa Ven. Henepola Gunarathana
- 84-32 124th Street Rt. 1. Box 218-3
- Kew Gardens, NY 11415 High View, WV 26808
- (718)???-???? (303)856-3241
- --
-
- Houston Buddhist Vihara Los Angeles Buddhist Vihara
- 8727 Radio Road Ven. Dhammarama
- Houston, TX 77075 ??? Beachwood Drive
- (713) 944-1334 Los Angeles, CA 90027 ??
- (213)464-9698
- --
-
- Hindu Temple (in Malibu) Dharmapala Institute
- 1600 Las Virgenes Cyn Rd 110 West Latimar Avenue
- Calabasa, CA 91302 Campbell, CA 95008
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <51> Who's the best airline ticket agent?
-
- There are way too many ticket agents (just like lawyers) and they all
- give competitive prices (just like lawyers??). Make sure that *all*
- your flights are confirmed. You may have to call the airlines yourself.
-
- There is a file containing comments from people who have bought
- tickets from travel agents. To get a copy, send an e-mail to
- <rajiv@coos.dartmouth.edu> or look in the FTP site
- <amil.eng.buffalo.edu>
-
- Some European countries such as UK, France, etc require transit visas
- if you carry a Sri Lankan passport. Some autorities/airlines may take
- your passport. If they do take, insist on an official receipt for it.
- --
-
- You might want to consult the net.wisdom in air travels. Net.wisdom
- is archived in ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.travel.air/ directory.
- There are two FAQs. One is called "Air Traveler's Handbook" and the
- other is "How to get cheap air tickets." Both are multi-part postings
- to the usenet news groups rec.travel.air and news.answers.
- [If you find any interesting tidbits in these files, please share
- them with us. I have not read all of them.]
- --
-
- Listed below are some of the airlines which fly to Colombo.
-
- Air Lanka NY office (phone ????)
- Air Lanka - London: 071 - 930 2099 Heathrow: 081 - 745 6647/8
- Aeroflot
- Gulf Air
- KLM (800)374-7747
- Kuwait Airways
- Middle Eastern Airlines
- OAM French Airlines
- Omani Air
- Qatari Airways
- Royal Jordanian (800)223-0470
- Soudi Air
- Singapore Airlines (800)742-3333
- Thai Air Lines
- --
-
- Service from other Asian Countries:
-
- India : (Dehli, Bombay, Madras, Trivamdrum, Trichy) by Air Lanka and IA
- Pakistan : (Karachi) by Air Lanka and PIA
- Maledives : (Male) by Air Lanka
- Thailand : (Bangkok) by Air Lanka and Thai Airways
- Malaysia : (Kuala Lumpur) by Air Lanka and MAS
- Hongkong : (Hongkong) by Air Lanka and Cathay Pacific
- Singapore : (Singapore) by Air Lanka, Singapore Airlines and Emirates
- --
-
- Travel Agents with e-mail access.
-
- Upul Dharmadasa <upul@delphi.com>
- Hanif Kasmani <73243.3717@compuserve.com>
- Lasantha Wijesiriwardena <fame@ix.netcom.com>
- Bandula Somaweera <bandula@ix.netcom.com>
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <52> From where do I get Sri Lankan Cookbooks and spices?
-
- ** Cookbooks - Heather Jansz, "Fire and Spice: Cuisine of Sri Lanka"
- Book may be out of print.
-
-
- [Researched and Compiled by Tawnya Kumarakulasingam pkumar@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu]
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.S72 P37 1990
- Author: Patmini Carkunaraja
- Title: Cuvaiyana Ilankaic camaiyal / Patmini Carkunaraja
- Published: Cennai: Kannatacan Patippakam, 1990
- Edition: 1. Patippu
- Description: 150 pages; 19 cm.
- Note: In Tamil.
- Note: Sri Lankan cookery book.
- Subject: Cookery, Sri Lankan.
- Card Number: 91-904229 (US Library of Congress)
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.I4 S52 1981
- Author: Singhan, E.V.
- Title: Tamil recipes / E.V. Singhan
- Published: [Singapore] : EVS, 1981.
- Edition: 1st Edition.
- Description: xv, 144 pages; illustrated; 20 cm.
- Subject: Cookery, Sri Lankan.
- ISBN Number: 9971900246
- Card Number: 83-940107 (US Library of Congress)
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.S72 W52
- Author: Wickramasinghe, Priya
- Title: Spicy and delicious: Exotic and Tasty Recipes from India
- and Sri Lanka / Priya Wickramasinghe
- Published: London: J.M. Dent, 1979
- Description: 166 pages; 23 cm.
- Note: Includes Index.
- Subject: Cookery, Sri Lankan.
- ISBN Number: 0460043900
- Card Number: 80-477672 (US Library of Congress)
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.S72 G8
- Title: Gunasena Cookery Book.
- Published: Colombo: M.D. Gunasena, 1970.
- Description: xv, 237 pages; 19 cm.
- Note: Compiled by Juliet Fernando
- Subject: Cookery, Sri Lankan.
- Other Name: Fernando, Juliet.
- Card Number: 77-922266 (US Library of Congress)
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.C4 D5
- Author: Dissanayake, Chandra
- Title: Ceylon Cookery.
- Published: Colombo. Printed at Metro Printers [1968]
- Description: 471 pages; illustrated [part colored] 22 cm.
- Note: Pages 468-471 are blank for "notes on recipes"
- Note: Bibliography: Page 455.
- Subject: Cookery, Sri Lankan.
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.C4 D4 1968
- Author: Deutrom, Hilda
- Title: Ceylon Daily News Cookery Book. Edited by Hilda Deutrom.
- Published: Colombo, Lake House Investments [1968]
- Edition: Revised 5th Edition
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.C4 F3
- Title: Favourite Recipes. Compiled by past pupils of Good
- Shepherd Convent, Kotahena.
- Published: [Colombo, Arasan Printers, 1968]
- Description: 151 pages, 22 cm.
- Note: Cover Title.
- Subject: Cookery, Sri Lankan.
- Card Number: 73-902798 (US Library of Congress)
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.I4 D4
- Author: Silva-Vigier, Anil De
- Title: Indian and Ceylon Cooking Made Easy [by] Anil De Silva-Vigier
- Published: London, Corgi, 1972
- Description: 95 pages, 14 cm.
- Series: Corgi mini-books
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.C4 P4 1967
- Author: Peiris, Doreen
- Title: A Ceylon Cookery Book: Over 200 Simple and Easy Tested
- Recipes for Daily Cooking
- Published: Colombo, Lanka Trading Co. [1967?]
- Edition: Revised 2nd Edition
- Description: x, 135, xv p. 21 cm.
- Subject: Cookery, Sri Lankan
- Card Number: sa68-14747 (US Library of Congress)
-
-
- Call Number: TX724.5.S72 B35 1989
- Author: Balasuriya, Heather Jansz; and Karin Winegar
- Title: Fire & Spice: The Cuisine of Sri Lanka / by
- Heather Jansz Balasuriya and Karin Winegar; illustrated by
- Susan Friesen.
- Published: New York: McGraw-Hill, c1989
- Description: xi, 227 pages; illustrated; 24 cm.
- Note: Includes Index
- Note: Bibliography: Page 219
- Note: Includes adaptations for US readers
- ISBN: 0-07-003549-0
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-
- *Mail order places* (hence not geographically challenged) will be listed
- here. Please help fill this void. Here's a chance to advertise your
- booming home business... and it's free.
-
- ** Canada
- [ Apparently there are *many* places in Toronto that sell
- Sri Lankan stuff ]
-
- Shankar & Co.
- 720 Kennedy Road
- 1404-Scarborough
- Ontario MIK 2B7
- Canada
- Tel: (416)261-9287
- CDs, canned food?
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-
-
- ** USA
-
- Lanka Link India Emporium
- 18613 Pioneer Blvd 6848 New Hampshire Ave
- Artesia, CA 90701 Takoma Park, MD 20912
- (310)860-2840 (Los Angeles) (301)270-3322 (Wash DC Local area)
- spices, groceries, arts, SL Marketing Dept canned food, spices
- crafts, jewelries Sinhala/Tamil movies/CDs
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-
- Paradise Imports, Inc Sailon, Inc.
- 10438 Paradise Court 44 Arcadia Court
- Manassas, VA 22110 Harrington Park, NJ 07640
- (703)330-8645 (Voice/Fax) (201)768-4327
- (703)968-5524 (Wash DC area) Fax: (201)768-4882
- Canned goods, spices, shipped Canned goods; Shipped via UPS.
- via UPS. Any import needs, large Orders below $25 add $5 handling fee.
- or small, maybe included in the
- shipment from Sri Lanka.
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-
- Vijaya Imports and Exports Sri Lankan Delight
- 36 Hamilton Ave 7455 Reseda Blvd, #A
- Staten Island, NY 10301 Reseda, CA 91335
- (718)720-7538 (818)774-1237
- (718)883-1092 (818)774-1536 Fax
- Whole-sale; SL Marketing Dept shipped via US Mail, CD's cassettes
- canned goods, their own brand; large stock
- --
-
- Lanka Spice
- 3649 Anchorage St.
- Hemet, CA 92545
- (909)766-6271
- (909)766-6271 Fax
- Whole-sale?
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-
- Subject: <53> Are there any Sri Lankan restaurants outside of SL?
-
- Please send info for this section. Give general comments as well.
-
- ** Canada
-
- Ceylonta Restaurant
- 403 Sommerset W. (on the corner of Bank and Sommerset)
- Ottwa, Canada
- (613)237-7812
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-
- ** Germany
-
- Restaurant Mount Lavina
- Owner Shane Samson
- Jakobsplatz 22
- 90402 Nuremberg/Germany
- Tel. +49-911-227009
- Only for non-smokers
-
- Very good, but relatively high prices
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-
- ** UK
-
- Sigiri, Sri Lankan Cuisine Prince of Ceylon
- 161 Northfield Avenue 39 Watford Way
- London W13 9QT London NW4 3JH
- Tel: 081-579-8000 Tel: 081-202-5967
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-
- Chithaara Restaurant(s)
- 18 The Avenue, 211 The Broadway,
- West Ealing, London W13 West Hendon, London NW9
- Tel: 081-810-6606 Tel: 081-202-3486
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-
- Sahaana, Sri Lankan Cuisine
- 80 South Road, Southall, Middlesex.
- Tel: 081-574-9209
- --
-
- ** USA
-
- ** Los Angeles, CA
-
- Roma's Kitchen (Made to order + Restaurant)
- 3520 Overland Ave
- Los Angeles, CA 90034
- (310)558-8685
- --
- ** New York, NY
-
- Lakruwana - A Taste of Sri Lanka Taprobane Sri Lankan Restaurant
- 303 West 42nd Street 234 West 56th Street
- 6th Floor, Suite 606 New York, NY 10019
- New York, NY 10036. Tel: (212)333-4203
- Tel: (212)397-2089
-
- Call ahead for daily menu Relatively expensive
- --
-
- ** Saint Paul-Minniapolis, MN, USA
-
- Sri Lanka Curry House Curry Leaf Deli
- 2821 Hennepin Ave. 1278 Grand Ave.
- Minneapolis, MN St. Paul, MN 55104
- Tel: (612)871-2400 Tel: (612)699-9330
-
- First in the US. Food, SL spices & groceries
- Reasonable prices
- --
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-
- Subject: <54> How do I get my wedding tape converted from PAL to NTSC?
-
- Sri Lankan TV format is called PAL whereas that of US is called NTSC.
- These are not compatible with each other. Hence, PAL video tapes need
- to be converted to NTSC before you can play them on a normal VCR in the
- US. (Vice versa for US tapes taken to Sri Lanka) Conversions can be
- done in numerous ways (analog, digital, studio quality (super-VHS), low
- quality, etc) Quality of the converted tape may depend on how much you
- are willing to shell out.
-
- There are way too many video places which can do this.
- --
-
- Check with your school's video/broadcasting/television/ department. They
- might be able to do it for free.
- --
-
- Multi-system VCR/TV combinations can play all tapes. Following VCR is
- a special case as it doesn't need a multi-system TV. See input/output.
-
- AIWA HV-MG360 VCR will do the conversions on the fly.
- Input format: PAL, NTSC, Secam, Mesecam
- Output: PAL or NTSC (i.e can hook upto Sri Lankan or US TV sets)
- Tuner: NTSC tuner (will record off the air from US broadcasts)
- Operating Voltage: 110-240V (50 -60 hz)
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <55> How do I send flowers to SL?
-
- No one actually sends flowers from here. A florist or a company would
- call up a florist in Sri Lanka and place an order on your behalf. So,
- if you know of a florist in Sri Lanka, it would be cheaper to call them
- directly rather than going through these middlemen.
- {let me know of any florists in Colombo, Kandy, etc who will accept credit
- card/money order/ COD/ etc payments.}
- --
-
- (800)FLOWERS
- Order + $26.99 surcharge. [Price check:8/24/93] Takes 2 - 3 days
- --
-
- An FTD Flower shop (most florists are members of FTD) quoted $56.80
- [Price check: 8/24/93] for an arrangement or a bouquet delivered in
- Colombo. Look in your local yellow pages under florists for an FTD
- member. Takes 1 - 2 days
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <56> How do I send money to and from SL?
-
- International Money Orders - you can get them from any bank.
- --
-
- Personal Checks; I believe most banks in SL accept personal checks
- in US Dollars. It might take a while to clear the check.
- --
-
- Western Union (USA) can do wire transfers. Ask them where to pick up
- the money in Sri Lanka.
- --
-
- ** UK
- Bank of Ceylon
- 22-24 City Road
- London EC1Y 2AJ
- Tel: 071 - 839 7555
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- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <57> How do I send misc big items to and from SL?
-
- Also see <52>. A 20ft. container costs about $2,000 - $2,500 from a US
- sea port to Colombo
- --
-
- Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) CSC - Katunayake Office
- 6 Sir Baron Jayatileke Mawatha Unit 6, Upper Fl, Plaza Building
- Colombo 1, Sri Lanka Investment Promotion Zone
- Tel:(1)328772, 328773, 326194, 423214 Katunayake, Sri Lanka
- Fax:(1)447547, 449486 (Fax) Tel:(1)452907, 453672
- --
-
- CSC - CA Office CSC - NY Office
- Ceylon Shipping, Inc. Ceylon Shipping Inc.
- Circle Business Center 2 World Trade Center #2228
- 4500E Pacific Coast Highway, #290 New York, NY 10048
- Long Beach, CA 90804 (212)514-8780
- (213)493-1450 (Area code maybe 310) (212)514-8908 (Fax)
- (213)494-4886
- --
-
- CSC Subsidiaries:
- Ceylon Shipping Lines, Ltd.
- Colombo Dockyard, Ltd.
- Ceylon Port Services, Ltd.
- Amalgamated Lines
- --
-
- Blue Star Shipping in NY
- (800)532-4320 or (718)297-4320
- $5.50/cu.ft from Newark, NJ to Colombo, SL
- $1.50/cu.ft from local home to Newark, NJ [Price check: early 1993]
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-
- Forwardair Clearing & Forwarding (pvt) Ltd.
- 24 Rotunda Gardens
- Colombo 3
- Sri Lanka
- Phone (1)27373, (1)430067
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <58> What about parcels to SL?
-
- Following prices are for a 1 pound letter/document from Washington, DC
- to Colombo, SL. Prices for boxes may vary depending on the size as well
- as the weight. (They also asked for my zipcode)
- --
-
- US Mail (Express Delivery) UPS
- Go to a local post office (800)247-4747
- $14.00, takes about 4 days $39.00, takes about 4 days
- [Price check: 02/01/94] [Price check: 8/24/93]
- --
-
- Federal Express DHL
- (800)247-4747 (800)225-5345
- $52.50, takes about 7 days $71.00, takes about 3 days
- [Price check: 8/24/93] [Price check: 8/24/93]
- --
-
- If you use a FedEx account the rates to Sri Lanka are much cheaper
- than the regular rates ( write a check to the employer and use their
- fedex account):
- FedEx Letter (upto 8 oz): $22.50
- FedEx Pak (upto 1 lb): $26.95
- 2 lb : $31.00
-
- It can take from 3-7 days to get there depending on the day you send
- the package off (call 800-247-4747).
- [From: nihal@rs6000.houston.wireline.SLB.COM]
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- =======================================================================
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <70> Are there any quality books on Sri Lanka?
-
- This will be archived in a different file. More info later.
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <71> Where's the info about the SL stock market?
-
- Sri Lankan stock market, as are most other developing country stock
- markets, is very volatile. Very high risk investments. As such,
- rewards and losses are big. I'm hardly a stock analyst, so you'd
- better do your homework before you plunge into Sri Lankan stock market.
- --
-
- Daily Stock closing prices of Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) can be
- found under "Financia News" in Asia, Inc. Web page.
-
- http://www.asia-inc.com
- --
-
- Thilaka Sumanaweera has compiled some info about the Sri Lankan stock
- market. It is available for anonymous FTP at
-
- ftp://amil.eng.buffalo.edu/pub/slnet/info/stock-market
- --
-
- There is an Investment section (ask them to add info about what you
- need to know) in a web page maintained by Sri Lanka High Commission in
- Singapore.
-
- http://www.singapore.com/business/srilanka
- --
-
- Daily Colombo Stock Market prices can be requested via e-mail from
- Lanka Internet Services, Ltd. Contact LISL for pricing and availability
- information. See "<31> Does Sri Lanka have e-mail?"
- http://www.lanka.net
- --
-
- If you are looking for stock brokers in Sri Lankan market:
-
- * John Keels (phone?)
- * Asia Stockbrokers (phone?)
- * [ send me info about *reputable* stock brokerage firms ]
- --
- =======================================================================
-
- Subject: <72> Is there a "Study Abroad" program for Sri Lanka?
-
- Fullbright Scholarship program ??
-
- [ Senator Fullbright, who started the Fullbright scholarshop program
- passed away last week. May his legacy, the scholarship program,
- continue to help the students world over better understand other
- cultures.]
- --
-
- AFS???
- --
-
- Cornell University in Ithaca, NY has a Sinhala linguistic program.
- This is the only of its kind in the US. Tapes and other material
- is available for purchase.
-
- South Asia Program at Cornell (607) 255-8493,
- email: slc5@cornell.edu (Susan Campbell)
- --
-
- From: tadams@polar.Bowdoin.EDU (Ted Adams)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 1994 10:02:35 -0500 (EDT)
-
- The Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program is a consortium-
- based study-abroad program centered in Kandy and affiliated with the U.
- of Peradeniya. ISLE began operating in 1982 as a fall-semester program
- offering a broad range of courses structured specifically for American
- liberal arts undergraduate students. ISLE Consortium members include:
- Bates, Bowdoin, Carleton, Hobart & William Smith, and Swarthmore Colleges,
- Cornell U. and the U. of Pennsylvania.
-
- The ISLE Program accepts 12-18 students each year from member schools.
- (Non-member students are accepted only under special conditions.) The
- program runs from early August to mid-December, incorporating two tours
- of Sri Lanka - one of the Cultural Triangle and the other around the south
- coast. Required courses include Sinhala language, a Sri Lanka Studies
- Seminar (presenting a broad spectrum of cultural, social and political
- issues), and an Independent Study. Optional courses cover a range of
- disciplines, including religion, history, literature, politics, gender
- studies, economics, and folklore.
-
- ISLE is administered from Bowdoin College by Dr. Ted Adams - an anthropolo-
- gist specializing in S. Asia, who also administers the South India Term
- Abroad (SITA) Program.
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