Lahiru Karunapala, a 19-year-old from Ratnapura was born with a deformed leg. He received his first artificial limb in 2000 and would stay at the residential hostel for two weeks while it was fitted. Thereafter, he had a new limb fitted every year. Helped with an educational grant, this bright young man has obtained 3 A’s in the Advanced Level examination and is now waiting to enter the Peradeniya Medical Faculty.

Life sometimes brings up pleasant little surprises! Take this morning, for instance: I discovered that I could get married for just Rs. 30! Not that I want to get married again, but isn’t that a pleasant little surprise?