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Raymond Paranavitarane – gentleman planter and God’s good man – by Dilshan Nadeera Source: Sunday Island, November 1, 2020 It was on Tuesday October 20 that I received the sad news from Romesh that his dad, Mr. Raymond Paranavitharne, had passed away in Melbourne that morning after a brief illness.I was to say the least, very saddened at hearing this news. It took me sometime to comprehend what he told me. That I will not see Raymond Paranavitharne again. This sad news brought back to me, a flood of pleasant memories of the man I knew and admired. Gentlemen of the calibre of Mr. Paranavitharne are fast diminishing in the present day world.I first came to know Mr. Paranavitharne in 1985 when we went on Army training to Minneriya at the height of the LTTE war as a part of what became known as the Sri Lanka Rifle Corp.(SLRC) SLRC comprised of ...