Sri Lanka, Jan. 31 -- H.L.D. Mahindapala, the former Editor in Chief of the Sunday Observer and Observer (Daily) and veteran journalist passed away at a private hospital on Tuesday at the age of 93.

Don Mahindapala, who belonged to a different era in journalism shared the limelight with legendary figures in the newspapers, such as Denzil Pieris, Clarence Fernando etc. in those spacious days of the 50s.

He migrated to Australia in the early 70s when he had already risen to be News Editor of the Daily News.

While in Melbourne, he took to writing and commentating on Sri Lankan affairs in his spare time while he worked for an Australian government concern in a bureaucratic capacity. His opinions on Sri Lankan affairs were sought after and ...