merrill j. fernando

In the one place in the world where I am honoured to be known as adjunct Professor of Sustainability and Doctor of Business (Honorary), I was privileged to offer suggestions…

Our Peoples’ Market happened last night in a riot of colour, festivities and fun. Kindness is what defines us as humans, and when it comes to kindness towards less fortunate…

Every good dish – and so every great Chef – needs good ingredients. Therefore also good artisans, soils, and ultimately Nature. This was the truth I shared with the global…

Honour that is extended to us must always be considered in proper context. My context is the legacy my father formed, which it is my privilege to steward. His context…

In 2011 my father inaugurated Sri Lanka’s first open air, urban butterfly garden at our MJF Centre West in Moratuwa, on the outskirts of Colombo. Yesterday it was reopened –…

Father’s Day is celebrated today in most countries. It’s a great day for fathers but a greater one for children and youth. 1 in 7 adolescents are said to suffer…

Among the thousands of tributes that will be shared in appreciation of great father’s, mine – less than a year since I lost my father – centres on the greatest…

Elephants are an inspiring species, almost more human than humans; their social structure and bonds of family are admirable. In 2009 we inaugurated the Elephant Information Centre at the Elephant…

A 10-piece leather travel watch case at $10,300 is one of the more modest suggestions on the GWG Christmas gift guide this year (there’s also a Diamond Tiara at $107,000).…

Our Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company plc., annual report for the financial year ended March ’23 includes a tribute to my father, founder of our family business. I am sharing that…