The most recent “surgical” first in Sri Lanka to hit the headlines is a liver transplant from a live donor just weeks ago. Skilled surgeons, modern technology and well-equipped hospitals are prerequisites to perform complex surgery in this advanced 21st century.

“What on earth is poon?” “Puckauly? Is that a vegetable?” “Is a racer a race-horse?”These questions have been posed regarding some of the words in the N-R range that I wasn’t able to cover in “The nettle-grub and the ratemahatmaya”