Nandasena ratnapala biography
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In Appreciation of Nandasena Ratnapala, A Professor who Begged in Anthropological Mode
Ned Dean and Ranat
“We meet and we part
In this journey through sansara
But the meeting or parting does not end with time or years
It is a long stretch of an eventful road
Where milestones matter more than rises or falls
We have travelled together on this hard, endless road
Where milestones matter more than rises or falls
The journey was neither smooth nor full of magical moments alone
But many achievements reached more worth than monuments in gold
Leaving a fragrance that would linger on and unfold
Gifting a memory of a life rich and rare
Now you are gone as you wished on a fateful morn
While family, friends and students remember and mourn
A warm tear drops that none would see or feel
As I ponder about you, while my memory unfolds your sight.”
Neetha S. Ratnapala
Let me begin this appreciation of a man I did not have the good fortune of meeting in person; Professor Nandasena Ratnapala was a truly wonderful teacher who dedicated his entire life to the cause of emancipation of those that, are downtrodden.
About twenty years ago, I met the professor through his book entitled the courageous beggar and to
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Folklore of Sri Lanka / Nandasena Ratnapala
- Bib ID:
- 390851
- Format:
- Emergency supply
- Author:
- Ratnapala, Nandasena
- Description:
- Colombo : Return Print. Corp., 1991
- xxvii, 211 p., [7] p. designate plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 955610089X
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (p. [198]-211).
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Suri Ratnapala
Australian academic
Suri Ratnapala is an Australian academic. He is Emeritus Professor of Public Law of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
Biography
[edit]Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Suri Ratnapala attended the Royal College, Colombo and the University of Colombo, where he gained his first law degree.[1] His father Amaradasa Ratnapala was a medical doctor and politician. His mother, Ancy Samarasinha, was member of a prominent family in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Ratnapala is married to Rusri, née Gunasekera. Their son, Dr Adrian Ratnapala, is a scientist working Germany.[2]
Ratnapala served as a Senior State Counsel,[1] and represented the Sri Lankan State in constitutional cases. He migrated to Australia in 1983. In 1988 he was appointed as Lecturer at the T C Beirne School of Law and, in 2001, was appointed to the Chair of Public Law. He retired in 2014 and was appointed Emeritus Professor.[3]
In 1990, his book Welfare State or Constitutional State?[4] was awarded a Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Prize by a panel chaired by James Buchanan. In 2000, he received a John Templeton Foundation award for inter-disciplinary teaching spanning legal, political, economic