Category: Wordsmiths
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Friday feels: What is one word you hope people use to describe you when you aren’t in the room?
Welcome to the seventh edition of Friday Feels. We all walk through life spending a lot of time polishing the version of ourselves that we show to people. We tailor our social media, practice our speech, and try to lead with the best approach. Despite constantly reminding ourselves that it doesn’t matter what others think,…
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Friday Feels: What is a small act of kindness from a stranger that you still think about?
We often think of “impact” as something massive, a grand gesture or a life-changing motivation speech. But more often than not, the moments that stick to our heart and keep us warm years later are the tiny, quiet ones. They are the moments when a complete stranger saw us, even for a second, and decided…
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Creative Chronicles: Pauses We Forget To Take
CHAPTER 06 Some of us say that we’re tired the same way we would say hello or that we’re hungry. It’s become a statement we utter very casually, no need to make such a big deal about feeling tired all the time – it’s only expected. ‘I’m tired’ ‘It was an eventful week’ ‘Didn’t get…
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Special Days: The Magic of Being a Woman (A Love Letter for International Women’s Day)
I’ll be honest, when I was growing up, I spent a lot of time wishing I’d been born a boy. It didn’t take long for my younger self to realize the world felt like it was “built by them, for them.” While we were being conditioned to be “well-behaved” and face the music for every…
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Creative Chronicles: Beyond February 14th
CHAPTER 05 It’s been 10 days since Valentine’s Day. The flowers are gone. The dinner photos are old news. The heart-shaped everything has disappeared from shelves. And now that the noise has faded, maybe this is the best time to say it: Yes, we know Valentine’s Day is marketed for couples. Roses. Reservations. Soft-launch posts.…
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Creative Chronicles: The Melodies of Our Mother Tongue
CHAPTER 04 A Sri Lankan Reflection on International Mother Language Day Every year on February 21st, the world celebrates International Mother Language Day. For many, it may be just another date on the calendar. But for us, as Sri Lankans whose mother tongues are Sinhala and Tamil, it feels like a quiet return home. Because…
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Special Days: World Day Of Social Justice 2025
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. How would you feel if us Sri Lankans didn’t have free education? Would many of us even be here? What would the country, the world be if Education is only available for Elites? Wouldn’t we all vote in favor of having equal…
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Friday Feels: Which Movie Title Describes Your Life As A Student?
Welcome to the fourth issue of Friday Feels! If student life had a movie poster, it would look like a messy film festival where every genre is playing all at once. And honestly, that’s basically what being a student feels like. We asked students, “Which movie title best describes your life as a student?” And…
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Friday Feels: If you were to describe your current chapter in life, what would it be called?
Welcome to the third issue of Friday Feels! If Life Were a A Book, What Would You Call This Chapter? If life were a book (and honestly it always feels like one), this wouldn’t be the dramatic climax. Right now, this feels more like that chapter you almost skip but later realise it mattered more…
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Special Days: International Holocaust Remembrance Day – The Echoes of “Never Again”
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops finally entered the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. To call what they came across as a nightmare is an understatement. It was a horror movie etched into reality: 7,000 ill and dying prisoners left behind by the SS. They had actually forced 60,000 others onto brutal death marches just days prior.…
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Friday Feels: What the Waters Couldn’t Wash Away: Lessons from Ditwah
Welcome to the second issue of Friday Feels! The landscapes of our beautiful island are slowly beginning to heal, but for many of us, the internal map of our lives has been permanently redrawn. We asked our community a heart-centering question: “How did Ditwah reshape what you hold important, compared to the life you knew…
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Creative Chronicles: Day in the life of a Gavalier
CHAPTER 03 What if I told you that the start of your greatest leadership journey could come from…your own voice? Sounds a bit dramatic, right? But hear me out, because at the Gavel Club of SLIIT, that’s exactly where all the fun begins, if anyone ever told you that public speaking could never be fun,…
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Creative Chronicles: More Than Just a Degree
CHAPTER: 02 University never really happens the way we imagine.It isn’t tidy. It isn’t always inspiring. It’s louder. Messier. More alive. It starts with uncertainty about new buildings, new rules, the quiet worry of not belonging.We pretend to know what we are doing.We pretend we have a plan. Slowly, it becomes a world of its…
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Friday Feels: What’s one thing you let go of this year that truly transformed your life?
Welcome to the very first issue of Friday Feels! The core idea behind this series is simple: We want to pause the hustle and engage in honest reflection, sharing the personal stories and thought-provoking experiences that define our growth. To kick off this series, we asked our members a simple but profound question: “What’s one…
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Creative Chronicles: Volunteering With a Side of Chaos
CHAPTER: 01 The Beginning What started as a message on the student WhatsApp group somehow spiraled into one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve ever had. The message read:”Only 10 volunteer slots are available — first come, first served… Selected volunteers will gain invaluable experience and receive a prestigious Letter of Appreciation from ICF Colombo…
Rotaract Club of SLIIT 