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Gamperaliya (The Transformation of a Village) is a novel written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe[2] and first published in 1944. Wickremasinghe subsequently wrote Kaliyugaya and Yuganthaya, as a trilogy encompassing three generation of the same family and the changing society, culture and economic environment of Sri Lanka between the early and mid 20th century.
Gamperaliya is considered to be one of Wickremasinghe's most famous works, with the novel depicting the breakup of traditional village life due to the impact of modernisation. The gradual subversion of the traditional economic and social structure of the village by the commercial culture of the city is portrayed through the story of an aristocratic family in a southern village. The novel has been widely praised for its realism in depicting Sinhala rural life and is considered an important work of Sri Lankan literature.[3]
The story begins in the early 20th Century in Koggala,[4] a hamlet in the south of Sri Lanka. Piyal, teaches English to Anula and Nanda, the daughters of Muhandiram Kaisaruwaththa at the Maha Gedara, their ancestral manor. Piyal falls in love with Nanda, but she is of high caste Govigama family and her parents disagree to give Nanda in marriage to Piyal and instead she was given in marriage to Jinadasa Lamahewa, who is also from a high caste family. Piyal leaves the village and finds a job in Colombo and becomes rich.
After a couple of years, Muhandiram Kaisaruwaththa dies, and the family declines financially. Jinadasa leaves for Sinhale to start a business. Tissa, having completed his education, goes to Colombo in search of a job.
Years passed, and Piyal, now a rich man who owns a mansion in Colombo, visits his village. Nanda, her mother and sister join Piyal and his mother on a pilgrimage, where Nanda and Piyal meet again. Jinadasa, unsuccessful in business, dies penniless. Piyal marries Nanda in a grand European-fashioned wedding and they go and live in his residence in Colombo.
In 1930 administrative powers of these native colonial officers were withdrawn following the closure of Native Department of the British Ceylon. Titles became mere honors sans dividends. In 1956, 8 years after the independence from the British, even the titles of honors were suspended. Nevertheless, by virtue of their inherited wealth, new generation of sons of some of these the former native administrative officers were educated in the British Christian missionary schools in the western, south-western and southern coastal belt and American missionary schools in the northern Jaffna peninsula. The English medium private schools produced an elite English speaking class, some of whom would later study at the universities of England including of Oxford and Cambridge and since 1942 at universities of Ceylon. These members of elite education from the western, south western, southern coastal belts and Jaffna peninsula would join Ceylon Civil Service, Legislative and State councils.
The mere proposal of a person belonging to lower stratum, even though it is from an English educated Sinhalese Buddhist gentleman, is an affront to the family lineage of mansion House of Mahagedera. Instead of showing the readers to make their own deductions, Wickramsinghe tells. Though the novel, written by an English educated prolific writer, is popularly upheld as the very first Sinhalese novel in the genre of realistic fiction, as opposed to the novels of best-selling genres (mystery, detective, romance, historical, adventure and satire) of novelist Wellawattearachchige Abraham Silva [ W. A. Silva] (1890-1957) [3] and the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist writer Piyadasa Sirisena (1875-1946) who strived to presever Sinhalese Buddhist culture of the island. presented Sinhalese Buddist culture of the ancient island. Nevertherless Gamperaliya falls short in literary techniques adopted by the western English novelists. The writer goes extra miles, takes pains to elaborate on the virtue of Mahagedera:
In reality, the feudal system that existed in the form of village collapsed. Yet their sons rose up in a new avatar of English educated elite class. Some of them went on to become highly successful pioneers of new company based enterprise. But then they were not alone. They were accompanied by the bourgeois: English educated sons of those commoners who once earned their living by the sweat of their brow.
[4] By the end of the 19th century, a new educated social class transcending race and caste arose through British attempts to staff the Ceylon Civil Service and the legal, educational, and medical professions. New leaders represented the various ethnic groups of the population in the Ceylon Legislative Council on a communal basis.
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When in 1983 the Secretary of State required the nine GCE boards to devise a common core for A level, the English working party could agree only one thing that is not vague and general: that at least one play by Shakespeare must be studied.(4) (See note 10 for an explanation of the British examination. system.)
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Lester James Peries had now made two films one of which was artistically acclaimed while the other proved to be a commercial success. Yet there were no film directing offers to Lester. After spending a few years in fruitless anticipation, the director resolved that he himself would go ahead and take the initiative in making a film instead of waiting for an offer.
Lester decided to cast Henry Jayasena as Piyal, Punya Heendeniya as Nanda, Trilicia Gunawardene as Anula and Wickrema Bogoda as Tissa. Others playing minor roles were Shanthilekha, Tony Ranasinghe, Anula arunatilleka and David Dharmaakeerthi. Punya Heendeniya gave an excellent performance portraying her character Nanda. There was also the character Jinadasa, the first spouse of Nanda who meets an untimely end in the novel.
When Gamperaliya was completed and released, Lester was proven right. Gamini gave off a fantastic performance and earned more kudos than Henry Jayasena. He brought the Jinadasa of the book to life as a flesh and blood character on screen. The greatest compliment however came from the author himself. Martin Wickramasinghe was fully satisfied after seeing the film. He told Lester that in actual fact Jinadasa of the film was a far more vivid character than in the book. What better praise could the director and actor receive?
Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the war dragged on and then escalated despite intermittent ceasefires, but he never let it go out entirely.
This is one of the most important novels of Sinhala literature, a very pleasant and high quality reading. The novel depicts the decay of a powerful village family in the transition to modern times. The general tone of the novel is very positive, maybe a little sad, with well described human characters. The main female character is a good example of fidelity in marriage. Some other characters have a deterministic view of life, influenced by their cultural milieu.
For instance, credit to the GoSL and to public corporations amounted to Rs 7,331 billion in February 2022, while credit to the private sector amounted to a mere Rs 7,051 billion in that month, the former being more by Rs 280 billion over the latter. And in the previous month January 2022, credit to the GoSL and to public corporations amounted to Rs 7,236 billion, while credit to the private sector amounted to a mere Rs 7,017 billion that month, the former being more by Rs 219 billion over the latter.
Meanwhile, in December 2021, credit to the GoSL and to public corporations amounted to Rs 7,467.9 billion, while credit to the private sector amounted to a mere Rs 6,981.4 billion, the former being more by Rs 486.5 billion over the latter. In November 2021, credit to the GoSL and to public corporations amounted to Rs 7,259 billion and credit to the private sector Rs 6,920.1 billion, an increase of Rs 338.9 billion.
Three matters of political interest, coinciding with those developments took place during that earlier period. They were President Ranasinghe Premadasa being elected to power at the Presidential Poll of 19 December 1988 and taking over from President J.R. Jayewardene who went into retirement on 31 December 1988, the IPKF fighting the LTTE in the North and East of the country and the JVP fighting the GoSL in the rest of the country.
However, coinciding with the killing of JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera by the Army on 13 November 1989, private sector credit once more overtook credit to both the GoSL and public corporations together beginning from that month, before its collapse nearly 32 years later in August 2021 and continuing to play second fiddle to the GoSL and public corporations till February 2022, according to latest CBSL data.
Even though Kadaunu Proronduwa (Broken Promise) is said to be the first Sinhala film in the history, Rekava has been recognised by the people as the first Sri Lankan film ever produced with native Sri Lankan cultural background in the history of Sri Lankan cinema. Release of world-renowned Gamperaliya within a short period after Rekava, showcased the highly-talented skills of Sri Lankan cinema industry internationally honoured. Gamperaliya remarkably revolutionised the Sri Lankan cinema industry. It was not only the best film but also became the first Sri Lankan film to be recognised with awards from around the globe. Even today, it is recognised as one of the 30 best Asian films and the ten best Sri Lankan films produced in Sri Lanka so far.
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