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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 ...

Jan 31, 2025 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Lakshman Kadirgamar’s Jaffna Tamil Christian heritage-by D.B.S Jeyaraj Kadirgamar was one who defined himself first and foremost as a Sri Lankan  Source:FT When the LTTE broke faith and war resumed in 1995, Kadirgamar was greatly disappointed. Once it became clear that the war had to be prosecuted to its fullest, he acted in typical ‘team member’ style and lawyer-like fashion. He felt he was part of the Government team and played according to rules. He was also like a Barrister arguing his brief. He made a case out for the Government in international fora and decimated the case for the other side Lakshman Kadirgamar’s 18th death anniversary was observed last Saturday. The former foreign minister fell victim to a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sniper in Colombo on 12 August 2005. Kadirgamar was one who defined himself first and foremost as a Sri Lankan. This endeared Kadirgamar to a ...

Aug 30, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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G. Brant Little – Advancement of University Sport-by Fl. Lt Walter. J. May Source:Island 1948 holds a special place in the history of sport in Sri Lanka due to the outstanding performance of Duncan White at the London Olympics. Earlier that year, G. Brant Little arrived in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), contracted by the Ceylon Amateur Athletics Association (AAA) to coach the Island’s first Olympic team. Little’s own sporting background was primarily in athletics having represented Canada in the 800 meters at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. He later won a scholarship to Notre Dame University in USA where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education. ...

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SRI LANKA INDEPENDENCE DAY – 73rd. ANNIVERSARY – by K.L.F. Wijedasa A historic day for Ceylon-Island Wed 3 Jan. 21 Duncan White, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sharm Mustafa and Oscar Wijesinghe are seen in this picture which appeared in The Ceylon Daily News decades ago. Duncan White, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Oscar Wijesinghe and M.A.M. Sherrif represented the four communities when they brought four scrolls to the Independence Square to be handed over to the Prime Minister  D.S. Senanayake to be read for the public to hear. After 400 years of Western domination Ceylon as Sri Lanka was known gained Independence on the 4th of February 1948. Heralding the occasion four athletes from the four corners of the Island brought four scrolls to the Independence square to be handed over to the Prime Minister  D.S. Senanayake to be read for the public to hear. ...

Feb 5, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Stanley Kirinde: The gentle and cultured artist – MAHINDA WIJESINGHE Introduction by Max Gerreyn Although I did  personally meet with him  only briefly and sporadically  I  became well acquainted with his sterling qualities as a true gentleman, scholar and  talented and skilled artist/painter.. I readily endorse and echo Mahinda Wijesinghe’s summing up of Stanley as  a `gentleman and artist par excellence. and  wish to  add  my tuppence  of the estimate in which I held Stanley – He transcended  excellence . He was the Epitome of the Best in a Human…. Max Gerreyn Stanley Kirinde: The gentle and cultured artist – MAHINDA WIJESINGHE Photo Source: Serendib Art Most would wonder who Sarathchandra Madduma Bandara Wickremasinha Kirinde (1930 – 2009) was, however the name Stanley Kirinde, locally and/or internationally is synonymous with the world of art. Just as the Latin expression, Ars Gratia Artis – “Art for art’s sake” – is used as a motto by the US ...

Aug 18, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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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 ...

Jul 16, 2018 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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