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Mathavavaraja Sri Bawan: 07-09-1946 to 09-02-2022- by Kitto Dias We moan the passing away of our dear friend and colleague M. Sri Bawan, one of the “terrible twins”, Sri Rangan being the other who passed away about three years ago in Canada.  Rangan & Bawan – both in Copleston/Claughton, one of the boarding houses at STC Mount. “Terrible Twins” –  perhaps not quite the right words to describe them but in College those who rioted (unlike on the streets today) were given such nick names! But to many of us his close friends, Bawan whom I got to know better, was more than a Thomian! He was kind, generous, thoughtful, fun loving person who lived his life to the fullest. The Twins were also called Rangan & Bangan by the Thomian fraternity. My wife Melba too loved Bawan very much and he lived with us whenever he came to his ...