The song is a popular Tamil song about Lord Krishna - 'Brindawanamum Nandhakumaranum...'. I think that it is sung in Telungu in this video. Wait a few minutes for the video to load and click on the arrow-head with your speakers on. Videoo forwarded by Kamalini Kanapathippillai.
This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
A dance performed to Carnatic music by pretty Chinese lassies
The song is a popular Tamil song about Lord Krishna - 'Brindawanamum Nandhakumaranum...'. I think that it is sung in Telungu in this video. Wait a few minutes for the video to load and click on the arrow-head with your speakers on. Videoo forwarded by Kamalini Kanapathippillai.
Vehicle ownership in Sri Lanka.
Every third person owns a vehicle in Sri Lanka
March 23, 2016, Island by
Dasun Edirisinghe
Nearly one in every three persons owns a vehicle in Sri Lanka,
according to a recent survey, Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal
Siripala de Silva says. The minister said the country had 6.3 million
vehicles at present for a population of 21 million. The minister was
addressing a seminar in Badulla organised to educate driving instructors of
Moneragala, Badulla, Ampara and Ratnapura Districts on Monday
Vehicle Ownership
According to Wikipedia the motor vehicle ownership rate for Sri Lanka in 2012 was 76 per 1000 persons. If the Minister's figure of 1 in 3 is correct it should be 333 per 1000 persons. So the question arises if the Minister included bicycles and bullock carts also in his calculation !
Some comparative figures for motor vehicle ownership per 1000 persons are as follows:
According to Wikipedia the motor vehicle ownership rate for Sri Lanka in 2012 was 76 per 1000 persons. If the Minister's figure of 1 in 3 is correct it should be 333 per 1000 persons. So the question arises if the Minister included bicycles and bullock carts also in his calculation !
Some comparative figures for motor vehicle ownership per 1000 persons are as follows:
US
|
809
|
Australia
|
731
|
Japan
|
580
|
UK
|
519
|
UAR
|
313
|
Thailand
|
206
|
Singapore
|
129
|
China
|
128
|
Sri Lanka
|
76
|
India
|
18
|
Friday, April 29, 2016
My blogs on Sri Lanka
Here are some blogs I publish
on the internet. It may interest you. Please click on each link with your
web-connection on. Click on the older posts at the bottom
right hand corner of each web-page to view past postings. You could also search entering toppics oin the search panel :-
http://philipv203.blogspot.com/
- Flowers of Sri Lanka
http://comsaa.blogspot.com - About The Medical Faculty, Kynsey road, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
http://comsaa.blogspot.com - About The Medical Faculty, Kynsey road, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
http://www.Youtube.com/philipveera
- My Youtube channel
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