Daluwatte Hewa Buddhika Kurukularatne (19 June 1943 – 9 June 2021) (known as ''Buddhika Kurukularatne'') was a journalist, author, lawyer, and Sri Lankan politician.
An open letter to Ranil Wickremesinghe
. Sunday Observer, Retrieved on 23 July 2006. He served as representative of Galle District
Galle ( si, ගාල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කය ''gālla distrikkaya''; ta, காலி மாவட்டம் ''Kāli māvattam'') is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, th ...
for the United National Party
The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...
in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila ...
.
Early life
Buddhika Kurukularatne was born on 19 June 1943 to a well known family in Ambalangoda
Ambalangoda is a coastal town located in Galle District, Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Governed by Ambalangoda Urban Council, the town is famous for its ancient demon masks and devil dancers. Situated approximately south of Colombo, it sits o ...
, he was the only child of Daluwatte Hewa Henry de Silva Kurukularatne and Manana Hewa Senehelatha Piyaseli of Duwa in Ambalangoda. Kurukularatne had his early education at Maha Ambalangoda Methodist School, Dharmasoka Primary School and St. Thomas' School Bandarawela
Bandarawela ( Sinhala : බණ්ඩාරවෙල, pronounced ; Tamil: பண்டாரவெல) is the second largest town in the Badulla District which is away from Badulla. Bandarawela is away from Colombo and about away from Kand ...
. Later, he received his secondary education from Dharmasoka College
Dharmasoka College is a coed school in Sri Lanka. The college was established in 1913.
It was supported by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, and accordingly is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. It provides ...
and St. Thomas' College, Guruthalawa.
Journalist career
In 1965 Kurukularatne served as a grade 1 journalist in editorial staff of Sun (English Daily) and in 1966 editorial staff of The Observer (English Daily). Then he served from 1966 to 1970 in the editorial staff of Virakesari
''Virakesari'' is one of the leading Tamil daily newspapers in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest and the largest circulated Tamil Newspaper in Sri Lanka. Virakesari is owned by Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Private) Limited, a leading print and web ...
and Janata (Sinhala Daily). There he was in charge of the foreign news page. As freelance columnist he wrote articles on regular basis for weekly Sunday English and Sinhala newspapers on his experiences as a parliamentarian in lighter vein and was widely read and acclaimed by both government and opposition Sri Lankan parliamentarians. Kurukularatne authored 6 books, 2 in English, 'Student Days 1', 'Student Days down Memory Lane and four books in Sinhala which have been approved by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education as 'Readers'.
References
External links
Book Reviews: "Student Days"
1943 births
2021 deaths
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Sri Lankan journalists
Sinhalese writers
Sri Lankan non-fiction writers
Sinhalese lawyers
United National Party politicians
Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Alumni of Dharmasoka College
People from Ambalangoda
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