Minette De Silva
Personal life
Father was a reformist politician
mother was a social activist
Sister was a art historian
helps with connections in bombay where she started with her architecture journey
helps with getting her
to bombay as she cannot
get education in ceylon
Relationship with her mother makes her a strong rebellious woman which shows as her "go getter" behaviour.
Education
apprenticeship in mumbai
Mistri and Bhedwar
Private classes at
architecture academy
enrolled in the JJ school
active in cultural
and political circles
Participated in
nationalist
movements
expelled for not apologizing
and participating in political riots
Herwal ramsbothom
gets her into the
AA in britain, she met him in Ceylon
De Silva was native to ceylon
Minette uses gets
into the elite circle,
uses her excotic look to
her advantage
silva goes back to ceylon and sets up her practice
Silva gets commissioned by her
parent's friends for her first project in Ceylon -
Karunaratne house