In Memoriam. By Uncle Monty.

Pravin Naran Mandalia.

In Memoriam ~ By Uncle Monty.
Graphics By Alex Albion
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Pravin Mandalia was the total opposite to the
godless swines Peter and John Bird of The Big
Issue. Pravin was full of grace and caring, too,

while the Bird Brothers are again the total

opposite.
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I first met Pravin Mandalia on the first day of

my Long Acre Big Issue pitch just a month before
Britain’s 7/7 jihadist attack that killed 52 innocent
people on the London Transport in 2005.
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Pravin welcomed me to my pitch and assured me
that he was there to be of help. He worked just

a few doors away from my Big Issue spot.
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Born at Kenya’s second largest city of Mombasa

at where Obama’s own father was also born,

Pravin was of deep and proud Hindu stock.

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He later settled in London in 1980 with his dear

wife Sagoonia and their beloved son Neil. He soon

established his own thriving business as a master

tailor that he was. He also tailored suits, I

believe, for HRH Prince Charles among his

many other important customers. I have

since contacted the prince's office informing

them of Pravin's passing on Tuesday - All Souls'

Day - after he succumbed to lung cancer at his

age of 57. He leaves behind a truly grieving

family and many sad and good friends

that also includes me.

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But what I liked best about this wonderful man

I knew was that I could trust him with my own

life!! Pravin Mandalia was that kind of human-

being so rare to find. He never spoke of politics,

religion, gossip, or vulgarity, did good Pravin to

me. He also looked alot younger than in his years

of age late fifties and in his features he showed

an handsomeness and good upbringing to say

the least. His dignity, too, gave full meaning.

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How blessed I was to have known him and

how lucky I was to have had him as my very

first Big Issue friend at London’s Long Acre.

As he was dying, I never told Pravin of what

Peter and John Bird had done to me for he

was too ill, I felt, to tell him of my own pain

that the Bird Brothers have deliberately in-

flicted upon me all because of the wicked and

poisonous troll from Loveland, Colorado, telling

them so much nasty stuff all about me out of the

creep's long spiteful and cunning revenge against

me. The Bird Brothers are now no better than

the Colorado creep, who has stalked me now for

12 years without yet being criminally-charged.
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Aside from those venomous creatures, my

memory of Pravin Mandalia will always be

good with my high respect for him. As soon as

I was contacted by The Mandalia Family about
Pravin’s final sad death, I sent simple words of

mourning in my open condolence to them,

which read:

"It is with much personal sadness that I hear of
the passing of Pravin, a man of so much grace

and integrity that I so admired the more I

knew him. He was also a gentleman of thrift

and work ethic of the like we see less and less

thesedays. Pravin also upheld the tradition

of family life and hard work."
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"I shall always remember the day I first

photographed him dressed impeccably with

the poise and self-assurance of a man from

the old world of good manners and cultured

speech. His face became the true picture

of him with that genteel smile that
only he could give. Wonderful!!"
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"Our world isn't the same with dear Pravin

now gone. I salute him in my heart and mind.

I only wish i had gotten to know him better,

but i am so glad to have known in the last

few years of his worthy life."
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"I pray the Good Lord will shine his radiant

light upon him and give him everlasting

peace in the name of the Father
and the Son. +Amen."
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"My condolences I send with a tear

of remembrance of him. Bless,

Pravin ... Indeed!!"
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Truly, Monty.

+Eve of Guy Fawkes Night, 2010.
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:: COMMEMORATION SERVICE TO HOMELESS DEAD ::
"(The) Service of Commemoration for people who have died

homeless this year will be held at St. Martin-in-the-Fields,

Trafalgar Square, London, on 11th Nov. 2010, at 11.30am.
The Service of Commemoration is held annually at St.

Martin-in-the-Fields during Remembrance Week to

remember those who have died homeless or who are

known to all the many homelessness agencies working

in London. All are welcome to attend," writes

Alastair Murray and Jo Pearce.

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At The Requiem Mass of

Geraldine Shiners (1946-2010).

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Anita Roddick: Damn The Dead Dame.
By Uncle Monty. Read more about The

Body Shop's greedy Dame Anita Roddick,

whose hubby Gordon was co-founder of The

Big Issue in 1991 with big shyster John Bird.

http://allaboutthebigissue.blogspot.com/2010/11/dame-by-uncle-monty.html

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