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Book Review: The Cake That Was Baked at Home: Lakshman Kadirgamar by Ajita Kadirgamar – By Wimal Kannangara Source : Dæhæna – February 2025 Image Source : vijithayapa.com Written to commemorate the 10th death anniversary of Lakshman Kadirgamar, “The Cake That Was Baked at Home” is a rare, sometimes intimate and emotional collection of personal notes, extractions from published articles and notes from interviews on the very complex person, Lakshman Kadirgamar, easily the most illustrious Foreign Minister Sri Lanka had. The image of Kadirgamar that is presented is supported by a large number of citations. The book’s title comes from his speech at the Oxford Union on March 18, 2015, at the unveiling of his portrait, just a few months before his death. “I would like to, if I may, assume that I could share the honour with the people of my country, Sri Lanka. I had my schooling there, I went ...

My Father Lakshman Kadirgamar Was Possibly One of The Most Prolific Networkers in Sri Lankan History – By Ajita Kadirgamar Lakshman Kadirgamar (April 12, 1932 – August 12, 2005) Image Source: DBSJEYARAJ.COM Source: DBSJEYARAJ.COM Long before the advent of the internet, social media and professional networking sites such as LinkedIn, Sri Lankans were masters of the networking game. Networking, whether social or professional is basically, ‘the exchange of information and ideas among individuals or groups that share a common interest’. It has evolved into an art, a delicate mix of give and take; you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. It’s also a sense of ‘alone we can do so little; together we can do so much’. Perhaps Sri Lankans are good at networking because we are a small island where everyone knows someone who’s someone. And let’s face it, our people excel at making everybody’s business their business. Master networker My ...