My friend Padmini is no more
Sunday Island
|December 21, 2025
It was so sudden!
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I have known Padmini as a French student in the 70s. She was recognized at the Non Aligned Conference in 1976 by being recruited as a French interpreter.
She was an active member at l' Alliance Francaise and was able to associate with the Director/s in a manner that was closer than to many of us would venture.
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