“The Bonsoir Diaries” by Kumar de Silva is a cocktail of chapters, bursting at their seams with pithy asides, a trail of faux pas, and tit-bits from behind the scenes, marinated with anecdotes and drizzled with nostalgia, revealing everything you never saw on your favourite television show… from the ‘80s through the ‘90s into 2000. The Alliance Française de Kandy is the second oldest French language teaching institution of its kind in Sri Lanka. It has been functioning in the central hill capital since 1967. Much to my surprise, I learnt from celebrated architect, the late Minette de Silva that in its early years, the Alliance Française de Kandy was even located at the Ulpangé, or the Queen’s Bathing Pavilion, just opposite the Dalada Maligawa.
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