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Through The Eyes Of A Returning Traveller: A Memoir by Razeen Sally

‘…in early December 1977, my twelve-year-old self realized I would not be back for some time. So I scribbled something on a piece of paper—something to the effect of ‘I will be back’ —and buried it next to the lemon tree by which I had morning class[…]
That was the end of my Sri Lankan childhood.’
Although he grew up in Sri Lanka, Razeen Sally (54) and his family left the country having experienced increasing tensions, against the setting of a rising civil war.

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Sri Lanka Railways And The Tablet System

Sri Lanka Railways is one of the last remaining railways in the world to continue to use the Tyer’s Tablet system. Meant for use on single-line railway tracks, the ingenious system has been credited with helping prevent accidents on single-line railways around the world. A relic of a bygone era, other countries have gone on to adopt more advanced radio and electronic signalling methods. But in Sri Lanka, Tyer’s Tablets still continue to do their job, day in, day out.

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