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The face behind a no-holds-barred book Source:Sundaytimes Of Sri Lankan origin, Beverley Pinder who was here to launch her autobiography talks to Kumudini Hettiarachchi Beverley Pinder in Colombo. Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara Imagine British business magnate Sir Richard Branson straddling an elephant and riding the streets of busy Melbourne in Australia! This is what happened in the 1970s long before his fame-gain through the Virgin Group, dubbed an “irresistible” brand which is in many diverse sectors now, from travel to telecommunications, health to banking and music to leisure. The woman, however, behind that famous elephant-ride was none other than Beverley Pinder of Sri Lankan origin who had emigrated to Australia with her family as a girl of 13. This week Beverley who calls herself “not beautiful but may be exotic in a manner” is here in Sri Lanka to launch her frank and no-holds-barred book, ‘Pride without Prejudice – ...