Dr C. L. V. Abeynaike Farewell To A Decent Man And Good Doctor Cyril Lakdasa Vernon Abeynaike had most of the qualities that a decent man should possess. In his non-professional life he showed extremely humane qualities and as a medical practitioner he excelled in those qualities. Vernie, as he was known to his friends, [...]
KSHIRABDHI ARULIAH (NEE NAGENDRA) Kshirabdhi, you have left a legacy of purity, innocence, love, and unbridled joy (which is the legacy it is our bounden duty to leave). You came, you taught, you left. You have taught us well Kshirabdhi – so well – that we will never forget. Your gift of love to all [...]
KSHIRABDHI ARULIAH (NEE NAGENDRA) Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. She was their North, their South, their song, We thought this love would last forever. We were wrong. (adapted [...]
Tribute To An Angelic Friend In the month of April in which Kshrabdhi passed away I am so sad that I felt compelled to share with you how kindly friendly and genuinely Kshrabdhi touched our hearts. When we received the sad news of her death, we were abroad in the freezing cold clad in borrowed [...]
P. Don Clement Michael (Clement Sir) Because you loved…………………………..! ‘You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I could not speak You were my eyes when I could not see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I could not reach You gave me faith ‘coz [...]
A Tribute To My Aunt How do you capture in words the essence of a soul that was vibrant, vivacious, joyful, passionate, compassionate, fiercely loyal, deeply loving, creative, and sensitive? How do you say in so many words that such an early departure left a void in the lives of those around her, a missing [...]
The profound sense of loss I was to feel upon news of his death was not simply because Uncle Evans was a relative. He was so much more than my uncle; Evans Cooray, he was my friend. I pen these lines, therefore, not merely as his nephew, but because of the profound privilege I had [...]
Dr M. S. Jaldeen, Attorney At Law Kalabushana Dr Mohamed Sheriff Jaldeen, born on 9th October 1936, passed away peacefully on 14th August 2012 after a brief illness at the age of 76. He was the eldest in a family of three boys and was educated at St Sebastian’s College, Kotahena. Dr Jaldeen passed the [...]
A Loving Tribute To Victoreen M. Hassan It will be four years on August 25 2012 when God called Victoreen to rest. We got married on October 8, 1968 at All Saints Church, Borella and spent a happy and peaceful wedded life for almost 40 long years, with fun, laughter and joy. She gave life [...]
Editor and Gentleman In lieu of the 15th death of Anniversary of the former editor of The Observer, Harold Pieris, below is the reproduced appreciation written by Gamini Weerakoon that appeared in The Island on June 1 1997. Former editor of The Observer, Harold Pieris, was a quiet, sober and well committed journalist in a [...]
