1988 මම මුලින්ම මගේ ගමේ පක්ෂ ක්‍රියාකාරීන් මුවගැහුණම ඒ අය මාව අනෙක් අයට හඳුන්වා දුන්නේ ඛේමාගේ කොල්ලා කියලයි. ඒ අය මට කිව්වා, ඒ අයගේ සහයෝගය අවශ්‍ය නම් අම්මාත් එක්ක එන්න කියල. අදටත් සමහරු ඉන්නවා මාව හඳුන්වන්නෙ ඛේමාගේ කොල්ලා කියල. ඒ ගැන මං ඇත්තටම ආඩම්බර වෙනවා.
Without fundamental human rights, strong institutions, right education, economic development, ensuring constant safeguards against corruption and robust checks and balances, democracy will always be in peril…. In countries like mine, for all good intentions and political will to succeed, and for democracy to be strengthened, all stakeholders must feel that their development is being cared for and their lives are improving.
මූලික මානව අයිතිවාසිකම්, ශක්තිමත් ආයතන, නිවැරදි අධ්‍යාපනය, ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනය, දූෂණයට එරෙහි ස්ථාවර ආරක්ෂණයන් තහවුරු කිරීම සහ ශක්තිමත් සංවරණ හා තුලන නොමැති තත්වයන්හිදී ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය හැමවිටම අවදානමට ලක්වේ. මගේ රට වැනි රටවලදී, සියලු යහපත් චේතනාවලදී සහ ජයග්‍රහණය සඳහා දේශපාලන අධිෂ්ඨානයේදී, ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය ශක්තිමත් කිරීම සඳහා, සියලු පාර්ශ්වකරුවන් හට තම සංවර්ධනය ගැන අවධානය යොමු වී තිබෙන බව සහ ඔවුන්ගේ ජීවිත සංවර්ධනය වෙමින් තිබෙන බව හැඟිය යුතුය.
அடிப்படை மனித உரிமைகள், உறுதியான நிறுவனங்கள், சரியான கல்வி, பொருளாதார அபிவிருத்தி, மோசடிகளுக்கு எதிராக தொடர்ச்சியான பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் துரிதமான சரிபார்த்தல்கள் மற்றும் சமநிலைப்படுத்தல் போன்றன இன்றி ஜனநாயகம் ஆபத்தை எதிர்கொள்ளும்… எனது நாட்டைப் போன்ற நாடுகளில், சகல உட்கருத்துகளும் அரசியல் அபிலாஷைகளும் நிறைவேறுவதற்கும், ஜனநாயகம் வலிமைப்படுத்தப்படுவதற்கும், சகல பங்காளர்களும் தமது அபிவிருத்தி பேணப்படுவதாகவும், தமது வாழ்க்கை முன்னேற்றம் காண்கின்றது என்பதையும் உணர வேண்டும்.
The Mangala Samaraweera Foundation aims to give a home and onward impetus to Mangala’s life’s work and his vision for all Sri Lankans.
It will be realized in the form of projects, events, a memorial sculpture, and eventually a physical Foundation Centre, within which will be housed the stories of and the inspirations for his life and political journey from Matara to the national and global stage.
Though realized through a focus on Mangala’s life, the Foundation Centre’s dynamic memorabilia collection will also give insight to the generational history, contemporary politics and personalities, and global influences within his life and times.
Where art, design, literature and music made Mangala’s thinking and life richer, deeper and more vibrant, the Foundation Centre will also make accessible to all Sri Lankans aspects of his personal collection in these categories so that they too may be similarly inspired and be provided refuge and understanding by the universal truth and poetics of these pieces.
Designed by Mangala’s friend & frequent collaborator, architect Murad Ismail, the Foundation Centre will also provide functional spaces for those creating art and impact-making work. It will be a space of welcome, barrier-breaking, idea-exchange, understanding and compassion.
Design by Gimhani Galgedara || Development by Samir Lalani of October Digital || Content by Chanchala Gunewardena
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