BY Rtr. Anya Senadhira – President (2026/2027) Over the past few months, I’ve shared this story more times than I can count. Nevertheless, here we go again. I joined the WhatsApp group of the Rotaract Club after the world café session at the fresher’s orientation, before I had even picked out my subjects. My actual Rotaract journey started when I stepped into the orientation session on the 23rd of the July 2025. I was curious and eager, and my intention was quite simple: participate in an extracurricular alongside my friends. A few weeks later, I was selected as the project chair of the 16th installation ceremony and as the batch representative alongside my good friend, Tharinsa. Organizing a project as…
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My Rotaract Journey
BY Rtr. Minushi Jayanetti, Assistant Treasurer (2026/2027) It started with a fairy light,A line of flags pulled high for Baila Night. A bundle of blooms, with ribbons tied tight,In small ways I helped make each moment bright. I joined this year, with no grand expectation,Only eager to offer my own dedication. Now standingalongside you all, so sincere,I’m much excited for the coming year. In lieu of the Membership Retention Month, Rotaractors at the University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts have submitted their creative work for the month of August under the theme “My Rotaract Journey”. These works reflect on the memories, trials and tribulations that our members encountered during their Rotaract experience.
Beyond Borders, Within Me
BY Rtr. Pabara Thibbutumunuwa, Co-Director of the International Service Avenue I joined Rotaract not knowing how much of myself I would find along the way. Somewhere between the projects, laughter and shared purpose, a club became a community. It gave me the chance to serve, to lead, to learn and to find joy in doing something that mattered. Today, I proudly carry the role of International Service Director, taking my club’s name beyond familiar borders. With every new connection, friendship and collaboration, the world feels a little smaller and my Rota journey a little bigger. Although Rotaract has taken me beyond borders, its greatest journey has happened within me. It has left me with friendships, purpose, courage, and a heart…
எனது ரோட்ராக்ட் பயணம்
BY Rtr. Sathiyakumaran Arunan நான் லியோ, ரோட்டராக்ட், கொழும்பு பீகான், ஸிரோ பிளாஸ்ரிக் போன்ற கழகங்களில்பங்குபற்றியுள்ளேன். ஆனால் ரோட்ராக்ட் கழகத்தில் நான் இணைந்து பணியாற்றியது எனது அதிர்ஷ்டம் அல்ல… பேரதிஷ்டம்… எனக்கு நிறைய நண்பர்கள் கிடைத்தது அந்தகழகத்தினால் தான். வேறுபட்ட பார்வைகள், அனுபவங்கள், இன்ப துன்பம், கோபம்,வெறுப்பு என அனைத்தையும் அதில் கற்றேன். எனக்கு முதலில் ரோட்ராக்ட் கழகம் மீதான அபிப்பிராயம் சிறிதுமில்லை. ஆயினும் அந்த கழகத்தின் செயற்றிட்டங்களில் செயற்பட்ட அனுபவம் உண்டு. எனது நண்பிமொபீதாவினால் தான் இந்த கழகத்தில் ஓர் அங்கத்தினராக இணையும் வாய்ப்பு கிட்டியது. அதன் பிறகு எனக்கு இனுர, நெத்ரூ, சமோதி, அவிந்தியா, பிரவீனா, இண்டீவரி, மிகிவமி, நெத்மி, ஸிய்னப், திடசரா, தெவ்மி, ரன்சலா, திசேனி, விஹாங்கி, பினரி போன்ற பல நண்பர்களின் அறிமுகமும் இனிமையான நீண்ட நாள் நட்பும் கிடைத்தது. எனது பல்கலைக்கழக இரண்டாம் வருடத்தில் ரோட்ராக்ட் ஆண்டு 25/26 இல் மொபீதாதலைமையிலான குழுவில் கொழும்புப் பல்கலைக்கழக கலைப்பீட ரோட்ராக்ட் கழகத்தின் இணை ஆசிரியர்களாக நானும் இனுரவும் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டோம். அதிலிருந்து எமக்கிடையிலான நட்பு மேலும் வலுவடைந்தது. நாம் சண்டையிட்டோம். சேர்ந்து பணியாற்றினோம். என…
Painted with Resin, Multicolored Skies Grace the Ambiguous Portrait
PSA: We had quite the task structuring this article, so two things! One, it ended up being much longer than we anticipated, so we apologize for the long read; it's our last yap session, so please bear with us and two, there were people we each individually wanted to appreciate and some collectively. So, there will be bits that Kusali wrote, bits that I wrote, and bits we wrote together; we’ll let you know who wrote what before each section! (Sajani talks…) When my mind kept nagging me about having to write this article.. I was truly wondering what to write and how to write it in a way that justifiably encompasses my journey in Rotaract, which is also how…
Rotaract Arts 23/24 : A Year in Review
“All good things come to an end” or whatever corny thing they said about endings and new beginnings… RotaractArts has seen the end of yet another term and what better way to celebrate if not to revisit the highlights of our year? So, here we go! June As the first project of the year, the co-directors of the Professional Development Avenue conducted the ‘Into the Future’ session, which was organized by Unilever SPARKS of University of Colombo in collaboration with the Rotaract Club of the University of Colombo Faculty of Arts and the Career Guidance Unit of the University of Colombo Faculty of Arts. It was held on the 18th of July at university premises and was an informative session…
The Not-So-Ordinary Universe
“But what if I end up alone? What if no one likes me and cuts me off? I don’t want that. I don’t want to go to uni!” On the contrary, ladies and gentlemen, she did not end up alone. Let me tell you the story of a girl whom we shall name X (I have always wanted a cool name like that—easier to spell). X was your ordinary girl, going through a hundred and one ordinary life crises, dreaming of the ordinary dreams, and hoping she would make it far in her ordinary life. Or at least that is what it seemed like. Like everyone else, she had been fed the routine chant of life getting “easier” once you…
My World in this Universe
I prefer to start this article by saying that university was something I never expected to be a part of my life. As a kid, it was unachievable because I was never a big shot in academics. It seemed way too elusive and unreachable for someone who lacks a proper aim in life and who lacks dedication. But time made me realize that my life is full of surprises, some serious ones I mean and getting selected to Colombo actually proved it. I was surprised by my own self and spent hours thinking, was it a mistake?. Well, i don't think my one year experience at uni is enough to answer that question because, to put it simply, it's like…
Month in Review: April & May
Hey everyone! Remember us? The folks who usually bring you the hottest updates from Rotaract Arts? Well, today we bring a double dose of it, but not-so-hot updates. April, thanks to end-of-semester exams, was not a very busy month for our club. And in May, the strike by the non-academic staff hit! We, like everyone else, naively thought it'd be over in a flash, and we couldn't have been more wrong. With more exams and uncertainty around the strike, we were holding off publishing. Now, given that it has been going on for more than two months, we decided to publish the MIR. Better late than never, right? Since this is the last update from your trusty MIR writing team,…
WORDS OF WISDOM BY TWO CHOCOLATE LOVING, DRAMATIC, PAST CO-EDITORS
TT’S & BIRDIE’S FATIGUE INDUCED THOUGHTS ON UNI LIFE The 2020ba batch of the Arts faculty here at Colombo University turned out to continue its legacy as the guinea pig batch. For example, we were the first batch to face the renewed A/L syllabus in 2019 and to our misfortune we were the university batch that also had to start our journey at university amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Life has been the personification of Maze Runner with so many trials and tests (LITERALLY!). Nonetheless, life at university has been an eye opener for us twenty-year olds who were getting accustomed from school life to semi-adult life. Learning how to navigate – both literally (via Google Maps) and figuratively (just emotionally)given that some of…