Prithiva Dharmadasa

A mother, housewife, holder of a LLB, and entrepreneur, Prithiva regrets her inability to practice law due to her lack of proficiency in Sinhala and the required aggregate of marks in Sinhala, but has managed to overcome this slight obstacle by filling her day with a multitude of activities and initiatives, the latest being Supreme Flora.

Coffee Room, another venture of Prithiva’s; a snug little coffee shop cum restaurant which also had a playroom for kids.

Known for speaking her mind and not putting up with any nonsense, Prithiva says her most exciting, challenging and fulfilling role to date is that of being mother to Arnyaa.

“I Choose to Challenge so many prejudices, pre conceived notions, taboos and societal absurdities that beset women even in the 21st Century, especially here in Sri Lanka, that honestly it just makes me so angry and frustrated.

As educated, elightened, articulate women, we all have the right to form our own opinions and shape our own lives and achieve our goals and aspirations, without being told we can or can’t, yes or no!

In Sri Lanka today as it is in most countries, domestic violence is out of control, however here recourse to the victims is hard to come by and justice often denied. Women are sent to work by their husbands while they loll around at home drinking and spending their wives money and then to add insult to injury, abusing them when they come home after a hard day’s work. It is incumbent on every government and every society and I challenge myself, all women and all governments and societies, to prioritise women’s rights with remedial and punitive action against those who disregard a woman’s worth, her body, her peace of mind and her sanctity!”