M. Kamil It is with a sense of deep sadness that I write about my loving wife VICTOREEN M. HASSAN. We saw the love in our eyes the day we met and her smile said stay awhile to love me. We knew our lonely days were ended and stood close to each other as time [...]
H. Y. De Silva H. Y. De. Silva “Hyde” was a Senior Superintendent of Police (retd). “Hyde”, our dear Maama is no more. But to me and to my siblings, our cousins and all his dear relatives he shall always be a living memory. Hyde enriched our lives in many ways. In our childhood he [...]
Dr. Upali De Tissera passed away after a brief illness on June 23 in Australia. His remains were cremated on June 26 in Sydney, Australia where he lived for the last 20 years of his life. Born and with his early adulthood here in Sri Lanka he was a true son of the motherland. He [...]
V. Raj Sripathma It was Tuesday morning, May 11, 2010 when I woke up early as usual to surf the World Wide Web typing www… and trying to download your email, ironically you were leaving all of us from this living world to the world of eternal rest. I least realised that I will not [...]
Shahran Haniz It is true what they say, you do not realise what you truly have till it is gone. Shahran Nana, you meant so much to a lot of people and you are going to be missed immensely. You were a warm-hearted and tender person to all. I still remember the many days in [...]
Junette: An Extraordinary Being By Krishantha Prasad Cooray I have always felt that writing appreciations about people who have passed on, bear the elements of a ridiculous exercise because the subject never really gets a chance to read them. We write them nevertheless – for ourselves and others who are similarly bereaved by the passing [...]
Joyce Perera I came to know this lady about 60 years ago when my elder brother married her. From that day up to her demise I have not seen her without a smile and her ability to take life with a smile, humming a tune or cracking a joke. She was never a daughter in-law, [...]
Velupillai Murugesu We remember Mr. Murugesu as a trustworthy, capable corporate lawyer. We also knew of his involvement in spiritual activity. Unlike in religion where the outward signs of pious worshipers are noticeable, spirituality is an effort at development inwardly. But little would be known of the individual’s endeavours and his inner progress. Forty years [...]
Dr. H. W. Jayewardene, QC Twenty years ago on April 19, 1990 Dr. H. W. Jayewardene, QC a colossus in the legal profession, passed away whilst on a visit to India. It was the end of an innings of a great legal luminary of Sri Lanka. It was a loss not only to his wife [...]
Professor Charles Dahanayake Professor Charles Dahanayake, Emeritus Professor of the University of Kelaniya passed away an year ago after an unfortunate accident. To those of us who had the privilege of making his acquaintance, he was indeed a most warm hearted and an unassuming academic, a very special kind of person, a person of rare [...]
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