Maybe now is the time to mention about the first book to be written by yours truly P. V. Anton Nicholas. The title is, “ The Closeted Thoughts of a Son of a Banker”. This is in memory of my grandfather B. P. Nicholas one of the original founders of a Bank in British Colonial Malaya. The blurb is( just a minor plug) that the author lived in the first floor above the Bank house for more than 21 years. He witnessed at close hand all the financial intricacies and how closely involved the family was in the running of the bank. He will be relating stories that will portray a rainbow of emotions ranging from acute sadness to ecstatic joy!

Leaving aside that we had to maintain a 24 hour security surveillance on the Bank house you will find out what a major role my dear mother, Jeyamani Theresa Nicholas played in the running of the bank. For behind the scene she was like a Brigadier General conducting events. It was done so subtly and meticulously that not many people knew except the close family. There will be some revelatory paragraphs regarding my mother’s deep impacting influence which shaped my life. This actually led to a website being created- the mission statement is to encourage, exhort and how to overcome life’s hurdles and obstacles. To date it has received more than ½ million hits, 559,073 hits from all over the world and it has been visited by 60,035 unique site visitors.

The ethnic Ceylonese Diaspora abiding all over the world most notably in the United Kingdom, (Toronto) Canada, (Sydney+ Perth) Australia, the Middle East, Malaysia, Singapore and of course Jaffna, Sri Lanka will find this book stimulating as well as giving credence and a moral booster to our scattered kindred all over the globe. For some of the individuals mentioned in the book will make splendid role models for the young Ceylonese community not withstanding every one else who is desperately seeking a vision.