විතුඩ | Vithuda

The story I told as a Human Book at Globe Art Point's 10th anniversary in Helsinki On 22 October 2026, I became a book.  Not a printed one. A Human Book, at the Human Library that Globe Art Point held for its 10th anniversary at Botta in Helsinki. Readers chose a book from the shelf, sat at my table for twenty minutes and asked me anything. My book was called  I Deliver Words: From Microphone to Mailbox . It has five chapters. This is the story I told. Chapter 1: Music studios and the newsroom I started writing songs at school. My very first song was about Sri Lankan politics. Yes, a schoolboy with big opinions. I wrote the words and the melody. Today I can't make a melody, and I can't sing, but that day it worked. My music teacher, Mr Dayaratne Korathota, knew me as a young poet. He gave us permission, and my friends and I sang my song in the school auditorium. After that, I wrote songs for many school events: Teachers' Day, prize days, every stage. In my final year, I...