It was Wimala's choice to enter a Buddhist temple at age 13, and he received his ordination as a novice the next year. Following six years of formal training as a Buddhist monk, he received his higher ...
Wimala de Silva, who has died aged 86, was the founding principal, in 1953, of what is now one of Sri Lanka's great educational institutions, the Devi Balika Vidyalaya girls' school. Thirty years ...