This is a Sinhala-language book on paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka, written by Thilak Kandegama and published in Colombo by S. Godage. The whole text is in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it will suit readers who are comfortable reading the language. It is illustrated with photographs.
The title translates roughly as farming with an eye to the seasons, and that is the ground the book covers: rice growing in Sri Lanka and the timing of the work it involves. National Library cataloguers have placed it under paddy cultivation and rice, both specific to Sri Lanka. The edition was prepared with M. A. M. Damayanthi as editor.
It belongs to Godage's Sobadaham Govithana series.
Paddy is the crop around which much of rural Sri Lankan life has been organised for centuries, and the question of when to plough, sow, transplant and harvest is inseparable from the island's two monsoons and the Maha and Yala seasons they define. A book addressing the calendar of that work speaks to an old and continuing practical concern.
Likely readers are Sinhala speakers with a working interest in rice farming — smallholders, home growers, agricultural students and extension staff — and members of the Sri Lankan diaspora who want material on traditional and seasonal cultivation in their own language. Those who read only English will find this one out of reach.
Godage International Publishers is an established Colombo house issuing books in Sinhala and English across subjects including agriculture, history, literature and religion. Thilak Kandegama writes in Sinhala on farming for a general readership.
- Author: Thilak Kandegama
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 120
- ISBN: 9789553058638
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