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...
I’m Vidura Dias Abayagunawardana, a Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, broadcaster, and critic based in Helsinki. Vithuda is my literary home: poetry, lyrics, essays, scripts, and reflections on culture, current affairs, belief, belonging, and everyday life. Rooted in Sinhala and shaped by over 30 years of storytelling, my writing looks beyond borders and familiar certainties—to question what we accept, notice what we overlook, and explore what connects us as human beings.