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In this interview [in Sinhala, recorded in Colombo on 28 January 2022 and released almost a year late], host Nalaka Gunawardene talks with Saroj Pathirana, broadcast journalist who spent 25 years (1996-2021) working at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London attached to the BBC Sinhala Service. He was an integral part of the small team that produced and presented BBC Sandeshaya programme in Sinhala - coming over shortwaves, then broadcast on local channels and finally online - which developed a wide following among listeners for decades.
In this first episode, Saroj looks back at his student days in the USSR/Ukraine, ...