1960 Medical batch, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Monday, January 19, 2015

1960batch entrants get-together on 13th June 2015 at Jetwing Hotels, Negombo, Sri Lanka.

1. Those intending to attend the get together are requested to send their names and the number of accomplices attending, for us to inform the hotel early.

2. Please update your or any of our batch 1960 entrants email addresses. Quite a few are unreachable on the old email addresses.

Please send the details by email to

<1960batch@gmail.com>

Philip G V

Signhore by the Gypsies.

Signore –

Senhor in Portuguese meant

Mister, sir; gentleman, man; master, lord

you, pronoun which replaces the name of the person or persons being addressed.

In Sinhalese this word was used extensively to address a respected person.

Later it was incorporated in surnames as Singho

Thus we have – Punchi Singho, Baby Singho, Davith Singho etc.

The popular song by the Gypsies parodies on this word and sings the lamentations of a politician, who lost at a Parliamentery Election.

Click on each of the web-links below and enjoy the music :-

1. http://youtu.be/eXPRDCOWdME

2. http://youtu.be/9h_ElknKGrg

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Sankaranarayana,January 2015.

Sankara with his Wife Mallika, Son Roy, Daughter in law and two Grand children with my wife Ramya, daughter Queenie, Son in law Ajith and two Grand sons, at Sankara's house in Gampaha..