Death of veteran journalist C.S. Dharmarajah

The death occurred of veteran journalist C.S. Dharmarajah on August 10 while on a pilgrimage in India.

Dharmarajah began his career as a journalist in the 1950s. He first worked as a Sub Editor in the Morning Times and moved to the Ceylon Daily Mirror as its first Chief Reporter and later as Features Editor. Well respected in journalistic circles, Dharma wrote an authoritative legal column 'In Court and Out' which was popular among the legal profession.

Endowed with a refined sense of humour, he regaled his junior colleagues with some effervescent anecdotes particularly concerning the legal profession. In 1980, he moved to the Sunday Observer and retired in 1998.

He was also a senior member of the YMCA and most of his years as a bachelor was as an active member of the Institution with particular interest in the Forum of which he was the Speaker.

He presided at the oratorical contest at which many prominent personalities participated.

They included S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, K.N. Choksy QC, Prof. E.F.C. Ludowyk, Corbett Jayewardene, J.N. Arumugam, S.J.C. Schokman, Prof. C.J. Eliezer, Pieter Keuneman and Rev. D.T. Niles. He also presided over the sessional dinners at which the chief guests were J.R. Jayewardene, N.E. Weerasooriya QC and E.B. Wickramanayake QC. He leaves his wife Mano, daughter Shivanthi and son Prasanna.