{"id":15536,"date":"2017-02-27T06:33:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=15536"},"modified":"2017-02-27T06:33:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:33:01","slug":"recollections-reflections-palitha-manchanayake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/recollections-reflections-palitha-manchanayake\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Recollections and Reflections \u2013 by Palitha Manchanayake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Some Recollections and Reflections<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Palitha Manchanayake<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cover-Page-Some-Recollections.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15537\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cover-Page-Some-Recollections.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"838\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Dear All,  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">I have written this book \u201cSome Recollections and Reflections\u201d, and it is not an auto-biography,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">but a collection of interesting episodes which I have encountered as an Irrigation Engineer\/Hydrologist,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">or to be more correct as a human being, in the past 68 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">It reveals more or less my life story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">I have attached a Book Review written by Daya De Silva which has come up in Pahana Magazine February 2017 Issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Book Launch is on the 18th March 2017 at West Pennant Hills Valley Community Centre, 42 Hill Road, West Pennant Hills at 1.45 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">You are most cordially invited to attend this function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">(Please note that there are no individual invitations).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">I hope you could make it on that day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">With Warm Regards<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Palitha<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Recollections and Reflections by Palitha Manchanayake Dear All, I have written this book \u201cSome Recollections and Reflections\u201d, and it is not an auto-biography,\u00a0but a collection of interesting episodes which I have encountered as an Irrigation Engineer\/Hydrologist,\u00a0or to be more correct as a human being, in the past 68 years. 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