Gamini Kularatne was just another soldier attached to the Sri Lankan Army engaged in a fierce battle with the the LTTE rebels , till he performed the bravery for which he would ever be remebered throughout the history of the island . When he jumped in front of the giant bulldozer set to invade the Elephant Pass camp which he was defending , he was magnanimous enough not to confine his thoughts to selfishness or for his family which was largely dependent on the mite he sent home monthly - but inspired by the generosity bestowed on him by his humble background he laid his life down for the sake of his marooned helpless companions , the beleguered camp , his country and most of all the truth ; the truth which had not yet been revealed nor even yet at this time of writing and still waiting to be revealed in the long and difficult years to come.
Source : Dinesh Watawana , May '95 Reader's Digest
Note : The heading of this page is not writer's ingenuity and is quoted from the same magazine sometime back.