Subscribe to ShahidulNews I had the wonderful privilege of spending one week next to Jane Nona’s bed at the Peradeniya Teaching hospital in Kandy. 75 year old Jane Nona’s statistics could well have been 15, 15, 15. The smallest 75 … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews 6th July 2005 ‘This man lying here, brought me to this world. He educated me, clothed and fed me, stood by my own bed in hospitals, stood in the gap for me at school, prayed for me unceasingly, blessed … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Jeevani Fernando We sat nervously huddled on the wooden bench of the Haputale Railway Station at 8pm last night, clutching our precious collections from the trip – kithul jaggery from Badulla and jars of orange marmalade, guava … Continue reading
By Jeevani Fernando “I want a rickshaw from Bangladesh Mummy, and don’t forget the rickshaw puller too”. This was her trading skills for my missing her cake cutting ceremony on her 6thbirthday yesterday. She had been all dressed up, poised with … Continue reading
