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Author of 'Jaffna Boy' recalls childhood days
“A good Jaffna boy had to study hard, enter university, and become a doctor or an engineer. After that, get married around his mid-twenties and have two kids. I had no chance,” muses Bernard Sinniah in his book, ‘Jaffna Boy’.
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Bernard Sinniah at the launch of ‘Jaffna Boy’. Pix by Indika Handuwala[/caption]
A memoir of the author’s childhood, the book takes the reader through anecdotes of school life at the St. John’s College hostel and follows Bernard through his journey from mischievous schoolboy and erstwhile prankster to a successful corporate leader and eventual chief guest at the school prize giving.
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