Sharing Spaces-A personal exploration of the idea of 'sharing' through lived places - Special Episode 1.1
This is a special episode which is a collection of memories and thoughts which I gathered from comments I received both via the blog and mainly through personal conversation after publishing th e first episode. My father (to whom I refer as ' Appachchi' - the Sinhalese upcountry word for 'father; or as 'Appu'_the shorter fondly version) shared a memory of him saving three of us from falling a balcony during our stay at Gampola. Government servants moving places like gipsies from one city to another when they receive a transfer after 4 years was a common experience during those days. From the year my parents got married in their mid-30s (doctors married late due to their academic and professional commitments in the early stages of their careers) to the year we settled down in Kandy , my parents have had m oved a number of times ; Hemmathagama, Ankumbura, Kandy (few times- at one occasion my father was working in Kandy while at another he was a...