Appadurai- Rubina Chelvathy (nee Hensman), wife of the late James Navaratnam(Navam) Appadurai, mother of Suhendrini and Kumaran Kanagaratnam, Shirani and Romesh Nagarajah,Arulini and Radha Radhakrishnan,Lilani and Tissa Jayatilaka;grand-mother of Chrishantini and Naushad, Navaresh,Shyantri, Nilushan, Gayen and Bobi, Ranita and Lara;great grand-mother of Kavita and Guyen. Passed away peacefully in Toronto, Canada, on 9 January, 2008.