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Thoughts, stories, and insights from the members of our club.

  • A little walk along the Gavel Street

    A little walk along the Gavel Street

    “How am I going to do all those discussions at university? Have better conversations? How can I be more flexible with English? ” When I…

  • The Best Thing I learned from Gavel

    The Best Thing I learned from Gavel

    I still remember quite distinctly how I felt before walking into my first Gavel meeting. The meeting was to be held at the Independence Square…

  • I Hate the Gavel Club

    I Hate the Gavel Club

    The year was 2013. One of my best friends asked me to participate in an event called the “Sri Lanka Model United Nations”. In my…

  • Guidelines for the Contestants on Online Speech Delivery

    The contestants should use live audio and video conferencing tools in the ‘Zoom’ online platform. The contestants must use a webcam or a mobile phone…

  • Gavel to the Rescue

    Gavel to the Rescue

    Let’s jump back to 2003. While most people were busy watching “Friends” and listening to “Coldplay”, I was a small boy who had just finished…

  • The Gavel Plain-tea

    The Gavel Plain-tea

     You all should drink it. Back on a day in October 2019, President GV Uditha : Hope you all enjoyed and learned a lot today.…

  • How Gavel Inspires Me

    “Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it” – Bob Dylan- Inspiration is a fact that keeps us…

  • How We Made New Friends Without Leaving Our Houses

    How We Made New Friends Without Leaving Our Houses

    A quick recap of the Joint Meeting between the Gavel Clubs of University of Colombo and University of Sri Jayawardenepura. The 7th of May 2020…

  • Awurudu with Gavel

    Awurudu with Gavel

    – A VPE’s slightly overdramatic report of the 174th Meeting of the Gavel Club of the University of Colombo – The Coronavirus pandemic has kept…

  • Gavel in the time of Corona

    – Oh, how I wish I was talking about the alcoholic beverage. – This past week has been Ada Derana news alerts one after the…