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Chapabandara (චාපාබණ්ඩාර)

is a professional journalist, political activist. He had been working for Lakhanda (ලක්භඬ) ( Voice of Lanka ) Radio, TNL channel and also for Rawaya newspaper during the years of 1999–2001, then he launched a new media movement named Nidahas ( Free Lanka Media Net ) and published the 'Nidahas' (නිදහස්) newspaper, He is the author of Elangata (ඊළඟට), Army Army (ආර්මි ආර්මි), Jala Rakusanta Erehiwa (ජල රකුසන්ට එරෙහිව), Rawayata Sakshiyak (රාවයට සාක්ෂියක්), Ukthiya Paramecia (යුක්තිය ප්රමාදයි), Kumbi (කූඹි) and Hikkaduwa Heluwen Newai(භික්කඩුව භෙලුවෙන් නෙවෙයි). He became a political activist while working for Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps in 1980s. He experienced the war in the zone of North East and realized what the war was; He wanted to further study the political context in which the war began, he wanted to expose fraud and corruptions in the military activities in public being in the Army, he did his further studies in the field of photography and journalism during that period. He was arrested while writing a column to Rawaya named ‘Balakotuwa’ (බලකොටුව) against fraud and corruptions in the army, he was jailed in the prisons respectively of Army Medical Corps and Military Police while a court-martial was being conducted, he was finally jailed in Welikada prison for one year, but the authorities had to release him after three months due to an order from the appeal court. He later developed a new discourse called Open Dialogue, a knowledge based process to make the entire society better based on social sciences such as Political Science and History, in this context he Introduce a new theme as Media & Human Relationship to the private sector. He has worked for the Jetwing Hotels, Mount Lavinia Hotel and Club Benthota – sister company of Mount Lavinia in advisory capacity for several years. He is now working for Maxies & Company (Pvt) Ltd as Head of Department, Media and HR/ Advisor to the Chairman. He has launched a monthly newspaper for Maxies also named Wedabima (වැඩබිම) and does suggest to develop an industrial dialogue in the country. He has introduced another new discourse while working in Maxies as 'art of music vs science of life'.