Prof Vidanage P Karunaratne

The Tale of a Model-2010 Prof Vidanage P Karunaratne

23 year old virgin, Super Model Sherine's cherished ambition is to become a graduate in Business Management and get married to a matured erudite Intellectual and bestow on him her unfathomable sublime love. She finds her match with her favourite matured Guru, Professor Vivek, a widower, who provides her with a peaceful haven in his own residence. At the outset, he regards her as his youngest loving daughter and treats her accordingly nevertheless with the amorous persuasion by her, eventually becomes her faithful lover and fiancé. However, the story takes an unexpected turn when Sherine gradually becomes languid and almost lifeless and has been admitted to the hospital by Professor Vivek. Sherine's bosom friend Dr. Ramani who begins to treat her, discovers to her dismay that Sherine is afflicted with the dreaded disease AIDS. How could a virgo intacta (a virgin) contract AIDS, Dr. Ramani wonders and decides to get the truth out of her bosom friend. Sherine then woefully delves into her past life and confesses to her lady doctor friend that she had become a pathetic victim of 3 scheming lascivious older men mainly due to her poverty, being the only offspring of a single-parent family. Quite contrary to her expectations, Professor Vivek never abandons or despises her, despite her ignominious affliction and brings her back to his residence upon her being discharged from the hospital and bestows on her unfathomable magnanimous love and affection until her last day. During one turbulent stormy night, Sherine passes away serenely in the loving embrace and caress of her fiancé, Professor Vivek. Read on to the last letter, this aesthetically and poignantly written Romantic Tragedy..........