Nirosha Virajini was born Virajini Lalithya de Silva on 13th January 1973. Her father, Mervin de Silva a moderate income earner and some what an adventurer cum radical in social perspectives, though working for a leading mercantile sector establishment in Sri Lanka provided her with an atmosphere that was free of shackles and inhibitions - free to think, free to breathe, free to develop what ever skills you may be endowed with. Her mother Virjinia