19th March 2004

Dear Sir,

I do not know if you are a father. But I have admiringly watched you displaying paternal love on your students at every school function I have attended to as a Royal mother.

As a mother my heart bleeds at the death of one of our sons. I am fully aware of your emotions right now. I do not intend to condole to you or the parents since I too feel he is my son and that I need condolence myself. My feelings are so strong about this ill fated incident. This is exactly what I am writing about. It is nothing but an ill fated incident. All of us have some forces in our karma which cannot be stopped by any external force. The inertia of this karmic force turns us in directions which cannot be preempted anticipated and therefore be prevented.

Please don't blame yourself or hold yourself responsible for this incident. A principle cannot put a stop valve to an avalanche. Every now and then we see and experience an outburst in gigantic proportion the results of long term deterioration of values, basic morals and disciplines. We see this as school boy fun but we fail to understand the underlying ignorance or the insensitivity towards responsibility to protect human life.

The youth today seek cheap entertainment and are totally irresponsible in the process of obtaining this cheap entertainment. The display of graphics on the walls declaring the Traditions of Royal College with spray painting on the walls display fully how our sons have picked up the wrong end of the tradition stick of Royal College.

You have a new beginning. You have the heart, the steel the courage, and the will to do the required change to stop this erosion of values and moral sense in our sons. You have already begun this journey. Your speeches, your gestures, your simple presence shows us all this. I only hope and pray that you will not feel disheartened by what happened. This should be the very reason why you should take this matter as your task for life. Let this sons death be an eye opener to the level of deterioration existing in the education system in Sri Lanka.

You have been sent here by some karmic force of our sons. Please continue to do what you started. Please do not blame yourself for what happened or hold yourself responsible. You can only pave the path. The students have to travel you cannot travel it for them or travel with them. Simply continue to pave the path.

Your presence has brought a breath of fresh air into the suffocating environment the Royal College was.

May the blessings of the triple gem be with you.

A Royal mother

P.S. There are many Royal mothers who share my view.

Your Ref: PIM/6/1/2/1
