The ‘Arai moody’, Thamil meaning ‘loin cover’.

'Arai moody'

Sketches taken from Pinterest

    Female children had this jewelry worn, suspended from the loin thread by two eyelets on the upper part of the jewelry. It is made of silver and covered the pudenda. It was worn by the female children of the tea estate workers. It was called ‘Arai moody’ in Thamil - loin cover. I presume it must have been very popular in South India.  I have seen it, being worn by the infant-daughters of Thamils of the North and the East of Sri Lanka. 

  In the early 1940s, Ceylon was under British rule. Ther Governer had an official mansion in the ‘Fort’ area of Combo. 'Pettah' was the commercial area adjacent to the Fort. The British Governer had his friends and family friends, paying a visit to him and occasionally staying in the mansion as guests. There was a Lady staying with the Governer who went on a trip to see the sights of Pettah. The lady had seen a female child wearing silver banges, silver anklets and an ornament to cover her genital area. The Lady on going back to the Governers Mansion, had requested a worker there to purchase a similar piece of jewelry for her. She had given a worker named Arnolis, a small amount of money and waited the outcome. After a few days she noticed that Arnolis, was avoiding her. One day she cornered him and asked him about the piece of jewelry. Arnolis appeared very bashful and said ‘I searched all over Pettah but none of the shops had the size to fit Madam’. Now it was the Lady’s turn to become red in the face and make a hasty exit from the confrontation.  She had wanted to take one of these to show her friends, In the UK when she returned to Britain. .from the confrontation.  

She had wanted to take one of these to show her friends, In the UK when she returned to Britain. 

Remembering the late Dr. Wijemanna, '1960 Medical entrants' batch-mate.

                       

                        'Oh, for the touch of a vanished hand,

                       And the sound of a voice that is stilled...'

Please click on the web- link below:-

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10166614237810565&set=a.138271485564

The gastro-camera of 1965

I was doing internship with Dr. DFDeS Gunewardena, in 1965 May when he had room built to house a 'Gastro-camera', donated by the Japanese. I never saw the colour of it. I was told that the gastroscope housed, a teeny-weeny camera with teeny films. With the advent of 'fibre-optics' and the 'video camera' sending electronic signals via fibre optic cables, we saw the first endoscopes with eye-piece viewers. With the screen monitors this technology advanced so much to what we have in endoscopic surgery today. We are witnesses to an era which is still progressing into unknown territory. Artificial intelligence will take over most of these fields and we will have the leisure to enjoy a bicycle ride on sunny days.

 Philip G Veerasingam 

 

Recalling and identifying 1960 entrants Batchmates

A collection of old photos of our batch. Please write your Comments of faces and places. 
 

Medical students 1905, those who preceded us by 50 years

At Durumila's house

At the Kalatuwawa Dam site, student days 1963

At the Colombo port, student days, 1963

The great actor

Sankar,

Jeyadevi and daughter

Intern days 1965/66

 

Batch blog and email addresses.

The link for the batch 1960 medical entrants' blog. Please click on either of the links below :-

medical batch Colombo1960

or

https://medicalbatchcolombo1960.blogspot.com/

My email address :-

philipv203@gmail.com

Please send in your appreciations of Carlyle.

My computer had a breakdown and it was hell waiting for its return. I caught up on the arrears yesterday. 

Please update your batch blog link and my email address as above.

Philip

emails, Carlyle Perera, Appreciation, Chitra De Silva,

 Dear Buddy 

   I wrote some notes of Appreciation of our dear departed friend and emailed to Philip to be posted on our batch 'blog site' as I did not know how to do it. The messages  were unable to send. 
Can you kindly do that for me please ? 
 
 
 
 
 
Carlyle Perera 
 
Loss of our dear friend Carlyle has not only left his batchmates here grief stricken but is also a great loss to the community of Sri Lankan Doctors here.Carl was the ultimate Leader/Psychiatrist who took on many challenging roles and performed them superbly. He was the Chief Psychiatrist for Victoria state for many years ,(one of  / if not) the best and held in high esteem. He was always firm but compassionate and very empathetic and well loved by his patients who knew they could rely on him at any time of day or night. He  was devoted to his family and work, working up to the last days until his body gave up. Socially he played an active role in organizing Sri Lankan Doctors' Social occasions like the Annual Doctors' Dinner Dance  and his home was a great meeting place for all of us batchmates periodically when both he and his wife Megan entertained us lavishly. 
Personally I am very grateful to him for enabling us to migrate to this beautiful, rugged  country when we decided to leave our Motherland reluctantly. He leaves a large gap in all our hearts. 
May he rest in Peace. 
Chitra de Silva 

 

 

On Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 23:21, daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote: 

 CBF 2.pptx 

Here's what we did for Calyle's birthday last year. 

  

On Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 21:37, daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote: 

  

---------- Forwarded message --------- 
From: Ayesha Ratnayake <ayesha.s.ratnayake@gmail.com> 
Date: Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 20:17 
Subject: Re: Zoom pics? 
To: daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> 

  

Oh, what sad news. I'm so very sorry to hear that. 😢 Thinking of his family and all who loved him. 

  

Here are screenshots with him in them. And he can also be seen in this video of Buddy singing the lovely bunch of doctor friends song, cheerily laughing and insisting on an encore:  

 A Lovely Bunch of Doctor Friends.mp4 

Much love. 

  

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 3:24 PM daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote: 

Hi, guess you know one of our zoom batch mates died. Carlyle. 

Just wondering whether you have a zoom picture you took of the screen - in August (17th) or anytime with him in it!! 

 

 

Dear Phillip, 

People are trying to contact you regarding posting tributes to Carlyle on your 1960 batch Blog. 

Where are you?  

Sorry, but I'm sending this to all your old addresses hoping one of them will reach you. Please reply. Thanks. 

Carlyle's funeral was today - about 10 of our batch mates wre present while many of us watched on zoom. 

Nalini 

---------- Forwarded message --------- 
From: Barclay Reid <buddygreid@hotmail.com> 
Date: Wed, 28 Sept 2022 at 19:24 
Subject: Re: Carlyle 
To: Gallege De Silva <udaya51@yahoo.com.au> 
Cc: Nalini and Daya Rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> 

 
 
Hello Chitra, 
It is Philip's address but he has not responded to my last email. 
Perhaps Nalini might know. 
Buddy 
 
________________________________________ 
From: Gallege De Silva <udaya51@yahoo.com.au> 
Sent: Sunday, 25 September 2022 9:56 AM 
To: Barclay Reid 
Subject: Re: Carlyle 
 
Thanks Buddy, what is the current email address for our batch ? 
 
On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 06:22:47 pm AEST, Barclay Reid <buddygreid@hotmail.com> wrote: 
 
 
Hello Philip, 
Chitra de Silva (Subhawickrema)  wanted the article below put on the 1960 batch blog. 
Thanks and regards, 
Buddy 
 
________________________________________ 
 
From: Gallege De Silva <udaya51@yahoo.com.au<mailto:udaya51@yahoo.com.au>> 
Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2022 2:46 PM 
To: Buddy Reid 
Subject: Carlyle 
 

 

Here's what we did for Calyle's birthday last year. 

  

On Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 21:37, daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote: 

  

---------- Forwarded message --------- 
From: Ayesha Ratnayake <ayesha.s.ratnayake@gmail.com> 
Date: Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 20:17 
Subject: Re: Zoom pics? 
To: daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> 

  

Oh, what sad news. I'm so very sorry to hear that. 😢 Thinking of his family and all who loved him. 

  

Here are screenshots with him in them. And he can also be seen in this video of Buddy singing the lovely bunch of doctor friends song, cheerily laughing and insisting on an encore:  

 A Lovely Bunch of Doctor Friends.mp4 

Much love. 

  

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 3:24 PM daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote: 

Hi, guess you know one of our zoom batch mates died. Carlyle. 

Just wondering whether you have a zoom picture you took of the screen - in August (17th) or anytime with him in it!! 

 

 

Thank you Ayesha and thank you all. 

Best wishes 

Travis.  

  

On Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 21:38, daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote: 

  

---------- Forwarded message --------- 
From: Ayesha Ratnayake <ayesha.s.ratnayake@gmail.com> 
Date: Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 20:17 
Subject: Re: Zoom pics? 
To: daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> 

  

Oh, what sad news. I'm so very sorry to hear that. 😢 Thinking of his family and all who loved him. 

  

Here are screenshots with him in them. And he can also be seen in this video of Buddy singing the lovely bunch of doctor friends song, cheerily laughing and insisting on an encore:  

 A Lovely Bunch of Doctor Friends.mp4 

Much love. 

  

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 3:24 PM daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote: 

Hi, guess you know one of our zoom batch mates died. Carlyle. 

Just wondering whether you have a zoom picture you took of the screen - in August (17th) or anytime with him in it!! 

 

Forwarded message --------- 
From: Barclay Reid <buddygreid@hotmail.com> 
Date: Mon, 26 Sept 2022 at 18:55 
Subject: Fw: Link to Funeral Service of Carlyle Perera. 

 
Forwarded to you as requested by as received from Travis. If there are any other friends of Carlyle who are not in the above list, could you please forward this to them? 
Thanks, 
Buddy 
 
________________________________________ 
From: travis perera <travis@pererachats.com> 
Sent: Monday, 26 September 2022 4:28 PM 
Subject: Link to Funeral Service of Carlyle Perera. 
 
I have copied this information from Tobin Brothers. 
Regards and best wishes 
Travis 
 
Please see below the link to  the Tribute Page on our Tobin Brothers Funerals website. 
This is  where the Webcast/Live Streaming can be viewed. 
Please forward this link to  family and friends who you have  invited to view the webcast.    A  password is required, it is tbw685 
Through this site they can view the webcast,  light a virtual candle and leave a tribute or message. 
I hope you find this helpful. 
 
https://tobinbrothers.com.au/tribute/details/26104/Dr-Carlyle-Perera/obituary.html#tribute-start