All Three of us new ASPs, Brute Mahendran, Cosmo David and I were resident at the Officer’s Mess, Brownrigg Road. Today it is the Senior Officer’s Mess, Keppetipola Mawatha This is because during the JVP insurrection of 1971 the Inspectorate of the Police were equated to officer ranks of the armed services; and the Inspectors’ Mess became the Officers’ Mess. Photographs of past Inspectors – General and group farewells to retiring Senior officers adorned the walls of the dining room. It was customary for the senior officers to walk across the grounds to the Mess. I wonder today whether this special mess function continues to exist.

Source: The Nation February 07, 2021 01:08 UTC