{"id":64673,"date":"2019-06-21T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T01:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=64673"},"modified":"2019-06-23T13:38:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T17:38:13","slug":"sri-lankas-eligible-bachelor-namal-rajapaksa-mp-to-marry-the-only-daughter-of-thilak-weerasinghe-and-aruni-wickramarathna-on-september-17-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=64673","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka’s Eligible Bachelor Namal Rajapaksa MP to Marry the Only daughter of Thilak Weerasinghe and Aruni Wickramarathna on September 17 This Year."},"content":{"rendered":"

(Excerpted from the “Sunday Times” of Sri Lanka)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, declared India\u2019s cherubic High Commissioner, Taranjit Singh Sandhu at a recent lecture, is \u201cnot only the leader of the largest democracy in the world, but also a leader with the largest popular mandate in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

True. There are more attributes to Premier Modi. One that did not go unnoticed during his four-hour visit to Sri Lanka last Sunday is his ability to recognise faces.<\/p>\n

The son, Namal Rajapaksa looked very much a replica of his father Mahinda in the traditional, immaculate white national dress and the kurakkan shawl around their necks. The difference, as one Indian close protection group guy said, was the size. One was bigger and the other smaller. \u201cThey look like two dolls,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

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They were gathered at India House along Thurstan Road, the official residence of the Indian High Commissioner. Also, on hand was the usually smiling Dinesh Gunawardena, the leader in Parliament of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). They were awaiting the arrival of Premier Modi who was at the Janadipathi Mandiraya (President\u2019s House) for President Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s lunch banquet.<\/p>\n

The Indian Premier arrived and greeted the trio. He then spoke on a range of issues with Rajapaksa and Gunawardena. Premier Modi remembered meeting Namal when he visited New Delhi together with his father in September, last year. \u201cHow are you,\u201d he asked Namal with a broad smile. The young Rajapaksa\u2019s answer was something which many Sri Lankan damsels have been waiting for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am getting married on September 17,\u201d he replied. Premier Modi asked him \u201cCan you tell me why you chose September 17?\u201d Namal appeared somewhat nonplussed and even nervous. \u201cI don\u2019t know. It\u2019s just a date,\u201d he responded. It took Papa Rajapaksa to say that was an auspicious day.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know why I asked you that question,\u201d Premier Modi queried and added \u201cit is my birthday.\u201d He was born in 1950 and Namal has chosen a good date, he declared to the laughter of many around. By this time, an aide had reminded the Indian Premier for the third time that it was time to leave for the airport.<\/p>\n

Who is the lucky lady who is ending Namal\u2019s bachelorhood? She is the only daughter of Thilak Weerasinghe, a well-known sports enthusiast and founder of Lanka Sports Reisen (LSR). The mother is Aruni Wickremarathna, onetime national sprint champion. The company operates nine different hotels<\/p>\n

Courtesy:Sunday Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Excerpted from the “Sunday Times” of Sri Lanka) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, declared India\u2019s cherubic High Commissioner, Taranjit Singh Sandhu at a recent lecture, is \u201cnot only the leader of the largest democracy in the world, but also a leader with the largest popular mandate in the world.\u201d True. There are more attributes to Premier …<\/p>\n

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