VARNIEL
Born to help others
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This is a unique story about a very
considerate person who lived in a
village down south of Sri Lanka.
I think it is very unusual to see or hear
about small fish dropping down to dry
land from the sky with the heavy rain.
It has really happened.
Many people die from snake bites in
Sri Lanka. There are Aurvedic doctors
who treat patients by putting them in a
medicinal boat to bring them back to
life.
`His behaviour was unacceptable but
not a single person spoke about it. The
children in the village would learn his
rude words,and that was not a good
example to set for a peaceful
enviornment. He was allowed to drive
his lorry after drinking. I did not know
those days whether there was any
law to prevent drink-driving. Even if
there were such laws, there was no
one to enforce it`.
Rare incidents go unnoticed in rural
life, but author tells the world in his
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About the Book
This is my second book. My first book was a short story book titled `After thirty years` written in Sinhala and was published in Sri Lanka. Last December, after retiring from Her Majesty`s Revenue and Customs I wanted to continue my writing which I enjoy.
My father Varniel left his permanent, well paid job to be with the family, to give us the education that we deserved, but unfortnately we suffered financially later.
As a young boy I witnessed small fish dropping down to our courtyard from the sky, with heavy rain. I was thrilled to catch them with my own hands, put them into a bucket of water to release them into the well, in the presence of my father.
I met my lovely wife in the very first week of University to have a romantic life. I joined the Navy and enjoied the Naval life before considering leaving the country. I was in a remand prison for a crime which I did not commit.
About the Author
Ananda Noel Mendis was born in Galle, Sri Lanka on Christmas day in 1943. He was at Diyadawa tea estate in Deniyaya with his parents for four years before moving to Pathegama, Balapitiya. He went to Welitara Junior School at Waturegama and then to Revata Vidyalaya, Balapitiya befor leaving to study at Ananda College, Colombo.
After graduating from University of Ceylon, he worked for a Landsales company and was recruited by the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment in Colombo. He was a Commissioned Officer in the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force.
He met his wife Edith at the university and got married in 1970. When first daughter was 4 years old and their second daughter was just 10 months old they made an important decision and Edith left for England to be a Montessori school teacher. Ananda left Sri Lanka with their two little daughters to join Edith in May 1976. Their youngest daughter was born in 1979.