A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.
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Tuan Dilshan Muhajarine - Member of the Board of Directors Tuan Dilshan Muhajarine is a Srilankan-Malay. Dilshan's first experience with the issue of difference (diversity) and dignity was when he was the cause of a neighborhood dispute when he was only five years. Since that incident Dilshan has strived to be a bridgebuilder across cultures--within his local community, nationally and internationally. It is in this spirit that he first became an AFS (American Field Service) International-Intercultural young scholar to South Australia soon after high school, and then pursue undergraduate studies in Ohio in the U.S. His thesis was on the impact of national language planning policies on nationbuilding. Dilshan's exposure to violence and non-violence is through an uncle who was a member of the 1971 Insurgency, an older-brother who spearheaded anti-Apartheid campaigning and supported Desmond Tutu in 1987, and his own studies of Mahatma Gandhi's teachings in the early 1990s. In addition to academic, practical and lifestyle interests in human rights (ie, diversity) and justice (ie, dignity), Dilshan is also interested in the same way in conservation biology. As such he loves the outdoors and challenges, and thrives in Sinhala, English and Malay languages, and strives in Tamil and French.
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