Padma Rao Sundarji, courtesy of Asian Age … http://www.asianage.com/books/living-expectations-only-parts-561 … where the title is “Living up to Expectations, only in parts”
John Gimlette is a winner of the Shiva Naipaul Prize and a celebrated British travel writer. The natural beauty of Sri Lanka’s wildlife parks, coasts and mountains is legendary. Putting those facts together, any reader would naturally expect “Elephant Complex” to be replete with finely-crafted adventure stories including some on one of the nation’s best-loved symbols: its elephant population. The book lives up to that expectation in parts.
The recent demise of Ian Pieris brought spontaneous appreciations from the field of cricket, where his prowess in bowling, batting or administration was never in doubt! He is also being credited as the only “gentleman” who resigned from the post of President of Sri Lanka Cricket. It is sad to note that since his departure from Richard Pieris Group as the Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, his pioneering achievements as an industry and a business leader has been forgotten.
