As I said earlier in my articles, Prof. Anuradha Seneviratne had discussed his personal life with me. I used to write to him when he was at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London in 1999.

I still treasure collection of such correspondences between myself and Prof. Anuradha Seneviratne in my private library. One of the noteworthy personality traits of Prof. Seneviratne was his uprightness in pointing out someone else’s mistakes and weaknesses and to point out them to that person.

This was how he commenced one of his responses dated January 14, 2000; “What I am getting back from you, by way of responses to numerous queries are, in fact, only the further explanations of the issues. Sometimes I feel that I am reading thesis for degrees. You should not adapt such a didactic style of writing when you write personal letters. ” That was a piece of extremely worthwhile advice for me. I adapted such an academic approach in writing to him because I thought that was the right approach in corresponding with Prof. Seneviratne. Whenever, Prof. Seneviratne spoke about prominent personalities, he gave me a wealth of insight into their personal lives, which might have gone down under the sand of time.