Mel Gunasekera, colleague and friend
Mel Gunasekera. (AFP Photo/Ishara Kodikara)
By Amal Jayasinghe-February 15, 2014,
When a caller asked me if something terrible had happened to my friend Mel, my response was "No, it can’t be." If it had, she would have told me. But within minutes, I had the most devastating news in my 32 years as a reporter.
