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Who am I? What am I doing here?

Born March 21, 1980, in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Grew up in and around Chicago, IL.
Attended college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Graduated with a BA in History from UNC in 2002.
Currently a M.Div. student at Harvard Divinity School studying South Asian religions (Buddhism and Hinduism) and non-Western Christian theologies.
 
Future professional goals include pastoral ministry, political activism, and teaching in the fields of religion, theology and social theory.
 
My hobbies include visiting jazz clubs. That's about it.

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At the Massachusetts March to Abolish Poverty with the HDS Anti-Poverty Coalition

 
 
 
 
"We will not be... We will not be moved"

Favorites

Here's a list of some of my favorite movies:

  • Shawshank Redemption
  • Apollo 13
  • Dead Man Walking
  • Rudy
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Chicago (the musical)

Here's a list of some of my favorite jazz musicians:

  • Bix Beiderbecke, trumpet
  • Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
  • Louis Armstrong, trumpet
  • Dizzie Gilespie, trumpet
  • Arturo Sandoval, trumpet
  • Sydney Bechet, clarinet
  • Branden "Tail" Brooks, trumpet (the next best thing)