Interview with Maneth Pathirana on his biography "Singapooruwe Lee Kuan Yew" by Uzma Khan
The ELA sat down with Maneth Pathirana of batch 147 to talk about his biography ‘’Singapooruwe Lee Kuan Yew.’’ Below are some excerpts from the interview. 1) What motivated you to write about the life of Lee Kuan Yew? Ever since my schooldays I’ve been inspired by Lee Kuan Yew's quotes and his vision to build a country like Singapore. This book is my humble attempt to spread awareness among people about his vision and remarkable leadership. 2) Through your book what is the message/s you are trying to give your readers? Leadership that aims to impact positive change in a country should be a visionary leadership, not a popular one. Becoming a leader is a gradual, incremental process and doesn't happen overnight. I also wish to impress upon my readers that the Singaporean model may not be implementable in Sri Lanka given that we are vastly different in many aspects, but nevertheless there are many lessons that we can learn from it. 3) Is there anything that caught you by surpris