{"id":150053,"date":"2025-03-02T04:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T04:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=150053"},"modified":"2025-03-02T04:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T04:33:34","slug":"rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/06\/17\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Gus Mathews of England and Lanka<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual ebullient self. It didn\u2019t strike me that he was depressed, but one never knows what lurks behind the mantle of normality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/06\/17\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/aa-rajeewa.jpg?resize=199%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/06\/17\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/stanley-rajeewa-222.jpg?resize=329%2C247&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Rajeewa &amp; Sanjeewa Jayaweera on tour in Vietnam in 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As t<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hirunews.lk\/english\/242896\/the-letter-written-by-the-person-who-committed-suicide-near-independence-square-vide\">he letter he left with his brother explains<\/a>\u00a0he had a debilitating medical condition. In addition he was going blind with glaucoma and possibly AMD (advanced macular degeneration) \u2014 there is no cure for this so far. He was also separated from his third wife recently. This all adds to a depressed state of mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/06\/17\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/indep-square-death-222.png?resize=293%2C158&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The question one asks is \u201c<strong>why in Independence Square and not at his home<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0Knowing him as I do, I can only guess his mindset. He did not want his maid to find him dead at home as her loyalty was beyond reproach and he rewarded her with a million rupees. Secondly,\u00a0<strong>he loved walking to Independence Square from his home most evenings<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">His grandfather and father drilled into him a patriotism and a love for Sri Lanka as I have intimidated before, I share the same love for Sri Lanka as Rajeewa and maybe this is why we became friends. He also wanted his body to be found quickly.\u00a0<strong>As a patriot of Sri Lanka what better place to die than Independence Square.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I am grieving for the loss of a very good friend. We both shared a passion for Sri Lanka. I learned a lot about the politics of Sri Lanka from one with inside knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2020\/06\/17\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ammi-and-thathi-photo-222.jpg?resize=159%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ammi &amp; thathi \u2026 supplied by Sanjeewa<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Rajeewa\u2019s father was a career diplomat and was the ambassador to Germany and due to this he attended university in Germany. His uncle Neville Jayaweera was a top civil servant and his crowning moments were as GA of Jaffna during Srimavo\u2019s time and then later as Director General of Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">So, as you can perceive,\u00a0<strong>he hails from a well-respected family whose service to Sri Lanka was exemplary.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>I am certain the speculative vultures will be circling around attempting to pin the cause of his death to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.\u00a0Some SL media outlet and their Diaspora readers will try every trick in the book to link GR to his death<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>His writings were no threat to GR and the innuendos that pour out from the enemies of Sri Lanka will see no end.\u00a0Currently there are a plethora of conspiracy theories on \u2018Facebook\u2019 with many playing an amateur detective to pin the blame on the President.\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<em>Daily Mirror<\/em>\u00a0too has got the story completely wrong with speculative comments from its readership: see\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking_news\/Man-found-dead-at-independence-square%3B-suspected-suicide\/108-189910\">http:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking_news\/Man-found-dead-at-independence-square%3B-suspected-suicide\/108-189910<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">To scotch the rumours Rajeewa\u2019s private letter to his younger brother was made public by an official as there is a general election within a few months and the government does not wish to spend its energy on rumours and innuendos. However, the inquiry into his death is proceeding its usual tortuous pace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I shall take no note of these speculative comments. Suffice to say\u00a0\u00a0<strong>I shall miss a dear friend who was excellent company and a font of knowledge on the inner workings of the state of Sri Lanka.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms Source:Thuppahis Gus Mathews of England and Lanka Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual ebullient self. It didn\u2019t strike me that he was depressed, but one never knows what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[53421,35251,61803],"class_list":{"0":"post-150053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-independence-square","9":"tag-rajeewa-jayaweera","10":"tag-university-in-germany","11":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-02T04:33:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-02T04:33:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"395\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"303\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-02T04:33:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-02T04:33:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\"},\"wordCount\":594,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Independence Square\",\"Rajeewa Jayaweera\",\"University in Germany\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\",\"name\":\"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-02T04:33:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-02T04:33:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png\",\"width\":395,\"height\":303,\"caption\":\"Rajeewa Jayaweera-An Epitaph from A Friend-in\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/category\/articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\",\"name\":\"eLanka\",\"description\":\"eLanka - Sri lanka events in Australia\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization\",\"name\":\"eLanka\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg\",\"width\":192,\"height\":82,\"caption\":\"eLanka\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elanka\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SriLankanDownUnder\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\",\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"eLanka admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/author\/elanka\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms","description":"Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms","og_description":"Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual","og_url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/","og_site_name":"eLanka","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/","article_published_time":"2025-03-02T04:33:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-02T04:33:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":395,"height":303,"url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"eLanka admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"eLanka admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/"},"author":{"name":"eLanka admin","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd"},"headline":"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms","datePublished":"2025-03-02T04:33:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-02T04:33:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/"},"wordCount":594,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png","keywords":["Independence Square","Rajeewa Jayaweera","University in Germany"],"articleSection":["Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/","name":"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png","datePublished":"2025-03-02T04:33:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-02T04:33:34+00:00","description":"Thank you all for your condolences. Rajeewa was a good friend. When I last saw him in January, he was rather subdued and not his usual","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rajeewa-Jayaweera-An-Epitaph-from-A-Friend-in.png","width":395,"height":303,"caption":"Rajeewa Jayaweera-An Epitaph from A Friend-in"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/rajeewa-jayaweera-an-epitaph-from-a-friend-in-arms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/category\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rajeewa Jayaweera: An Epitaph from A Friend-in-Arms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#website","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/","name":"eLanka","description":"eLanka - Sri lanka events in Australia","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#organization","name":"eLanka","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/elanka-logo.jpg","width":192,"height":82,"caption":"eLanka"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elanka\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SriLankanDownUnder"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd","name":"eLanka admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e0d346a7f97b80e861cdeafe7b7de523b59f5060666f1a5da8369457bf9b6c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"eLanka admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew"],"url":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/author\/elanka\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150058,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150053\/revisions\/150058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}