Our Man in Washington Aziz Haniffa

[sriyanjay]

From: Milinda Hettiarachchi [mailto:rpmilinda@gmail.com]
Sent: Tue 7/07/2009 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Emailing: Our Man in Washington Aziz Haniffa.pps

Dear Sriyan ,


Thanks Milroy very well done, Haniffa & Charlie haven't changed.I want to check this, was David,Roberts and Haniffa one class junior to us ? Haniffa was one year junior to us and he lived off De Saram Rd .he was a good guitarist and a relative of Jabir Hunaid of STC Guru fame and Mount . Aziz performed at STC House socials . David Sansoni too was one junior to us and lived down Cross Rd .We played cricket on Saturdays in his compound . Sani was a pacey , square arm action and a Stonite . His good neighbour was Charmaine Amerasekers - a good looker then ! Roberts was one year senior to us if recall . Arndt and I joined Form 1 in 1959.You joined in 1960. Gerla,Jimmy and Graham joined the Lower 4th in 1963.We were all former Manderin Group.What about David,Roberts And Haniffa.I know for sure David Sansoni is one class Junior to us.

Cheers !!!

Milinda



from Sansoni, David <David.Sansoni@hlag.com>
date Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:41 AM
subject RE: Emailing: Our Man in Washington Aziz Haniffa.pps



Good morning!

All good...memory serves well.

Milinda: you, Arndt, Sriyan, Milroy, Gerlach, Buultjens...were all one year senior to:Haniffa, Roberts and me.

Haniff and I entered STC in 1960, at Form 1. Haniff was 1A - Mrs Karu; and I was 1B - Mrs Wickremanayake. (Just an aside - one of my mates was Wahab! Wonder what became of him...?)

Milroy also started in 1960; but that was because he refused to leave the girls at Bishop's when he SHOULD have!!

Roberts was a "Preppie" I think.

Then, at the (in)famous "leveller" - the O.L. - many of us joined forces...and we - Mil, Buultjo, Gerla - all completed our careers as "equals".

I say Milinda! You are right about my 'fiery pace'! But!! "SQUARE ARM"?! Machchang! Was I really?! AND, would yoou believe it?! - Charmaine Amarasekera, now a distinguished GRANDMOTHER, has not changed one jot! She STILL looks lovely and youthful! Pakka form!

Esto...and so on...

David

P.S. All your facts about Haniff are 'reliable'...save one! His home was 10th Lane, Kollupitiya. ...minor matter!!



from Sriyan Jayasekera <sriyanj@gmail.com>
date Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:32 PM
subject Re: Emailing: Our Man in Washington Aziz Haniffa.pps


Dear David,

Thanks very much.Unique thing in this exchange of e-mails is that most of the time, like you have done we write about our past teachers.With regard to Wahab he is running Bullion Exchange Bambalapitiya.

Best regards
Sriyan

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[Jiffrey]

My dear sriyan
I read with amusement milinda hettiarachis
E mail about Aziz Haniffa
Actually Aziz is my cousin and he lived at tenth
Lane colpetty. I lived off de sarem road
And jabir junaid lived at my place.
I was also a musician and used to play
The piano etc
In fact Aziz and I looked similar and he was
Appointed a house prefect by quentin because
He thought that Aziz was the one
Who was always doing sports in the big clubs
When it was me
Aziz also played the guitar but did not
Perform at any college events
Therefore milinda has got
It wrong

[sriyanjay]

Maryland Deputy Secretary of State Rajan Natarajan, left, congratulates Aziz,
who is also the first journalist to be honored with a special award by the Hindu
American Foundation and the Sikh Council on Religion and Education for his
objective reporting and analyses of the Hindu American and Sikh American
communities, and the recipient of a special joint award from the US-India
Business Council and the US-India Friendship Council for his sustained reporting on the US-India civilian nuclear deal
Aziz Haniffa receives the Most Outstanding
Journalist Award from Indian Ambassador
Nirupama Rao. Maryland Attorney General
Douglas Gansler, left; Dr Suresh K Gupta,
second from right; and awards committee chair
Pavan Bezwada, right, look on. The veteran India
Abroad journalist received his award in the
presence of over 300 guests, including senior
State Department officials like the assistant
secretary of state for South Asian affairs, Robert
Blake, Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor Anthony
Brown, and the state’s majority leader, Kumar
Barve, among others




Scribe extraordinaire

Adding to the scores of awards he has received in his more than quarter of-a-cen-tury career in Washington, DC,
Aziz Haniffa, editor and chief diplomatic and political correspon- dent of India Abroad, was present-ed with the Most Outstanding Journalist Award August 26 by the National Council of Asian Indian Associations, a coalition of the
community’s political and cultural organizations. India’s Ambassador
to the United States Nirupama Rao presented the award at a ban-quet held in Maryland to celebrate India’s Independence Day. The
award stated that Aziz, who has covered the Indian-American com-
munity as no one else has, was honored for his ‘untiring efforts to
improve Indo-US relationships and empowering political and
social awareness in the communi-ty.’ The organizers lauded him for
his many scoops over the years, and pointed out that in 2004, he
was the first and only South Asian journalist to have done back-to-
back exclusive interviews with then President George W Bush and
Democratic challenger Senator John F Kerry, on the eve of the
Presidential election. Aziz was also the only South Asian print journal-
ist who was part of the White House press delegation accompa-nying then President Bill Clinton to the subcontinent in March 2000 and also the first South Asian journalist to interview President Barack Obama during
his presidential campaign. Pavan Bezwada, chair, awards committee,
said, “For the past few decades, it has been the tradition in our com-
munity to honor community lead-ers and distinguished Indian
Americans who have been sup-portive of our community,” and that Aziz was recognized for his years of “achievements, participation, and support, to the causes dear to Indian Americans.” This award joins a shelf full of ac co-lades, including the Indian American Forum for Political Education’s Outstanding Journalist Award in 1991, the US-Asia Foundation’s Lifetime Service
Award in 2001, Project Impact’s Creating a Voice Award in 2002,
the Indian American Friendship Council’s Recognition of Excellence Award in 2003, the Indian-American community of the Washington, DC area’s
Distinguished Prabasi Sambad Sarovar Award in 2004, the Indian
American Friendship Council’s Most Outstanding Journalist of the
Year Award in 2006, and the US- Indian American Chamber of
Commerce’s Journalist of the YearAward in 2005. Congrats, Aziz

[sriyanj]

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Vijaya Ratnayake <zodiac@isplanka.lk> wrote:


Class of 1960, Aziz Haniffa.




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