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How car-park cricket in Lebanon gives Sri Lankan migrant workers an escape – By Emma John Source : theguardian Sri Lankan workers and a women’s project at a Syrian refugee camp come together for games in an underground car park When Fernando Sugath arrived in Lebanon in the mid-1990s, cricket was an underground sport. Literally. After living in Beirut for a year as one of the country’s 80,000 Sri Lankan migrant workers, a fellow countryman he met in a supermarket invited him to a game. “I had been looking for somewhere to play,” says Sugath. “Also, I didn’t have any friends.” He turned up at the address he was given to discover the players crammed into a tiny underground car park beneath an apartment building. Sugath is a man used to improvising. “As kids we didn’t need a big playing area or good equipment to play,” he says. “We used plastic balls, the ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged "CRICKET, football World Cup, migrant workers in Qatar, Sri Lankan ambassador

KRISHANTHA ERANDAKA COMMENCED CAREER FROM RAJARATA SEVAYA AS A CHILD ARTISTE BLOSSOMED TO BE AN ACCLAIMED VOCALIST WHO HAD SUNG MANY HITS TO MELODIES WITH MEANIGFUL LYRICS – by Sunil Thenabadu Through lyrics of a song a message could be conveyed. All songs sung by renowned vocalist Krishantha Erandaka who had begun as a child artiste initially from the ‘Rajarata Sevaya’ Auradhapura in year 1987 at the tender age of around eight years.A native of a remote village in Anuradhapura ,father had been a clerk attached to the Insurance Corporation in a transferable service had attended to cultivation too as a farmer.Mother had been a housewife, the duo was blessed with two daughters , the siblings had been much younger. According to a revelation made by Krishantha at a television dialog music he had inherited from the parental duo who were lovers of music listening to music channels of “Rajarata Sevaya” all day .Mother has had intentions ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Appachchi and Mandaram songs, HM Jayawardena, Krishantha Erandaka, Krishantha Erandaka songs, Mahinda Dissanayake, Rajarata Sevaya, Rohana Weerasinghe, Vajira Jayawardena

“A NEW AIRLINE FOR SRI LANKA” – by Des Kelly Peter Hill, Vice President of the Airline “FitsAir” is instrumental in offering his Airline for use by the Sri Lankans to travel to places such as Dubai, Male, The Maldive Islands and Trichy (India), for a start, and World-wide perhaps, later on. Until now, Sri Lankan Airlines has been the only mode of such travel, but since last month, they now have a choice. Thank you Keith Bennett for this ‘under the radar’ story you have provided. Let us hope that after all the trials and tribulations that Sri Lanka has been through recently, they can now fly high with FitsAir as a spare (Airline). Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "SRI-LANKANS", Airline, AIRLINE FOR SRI LANKA, FitsAir, Peter Hill

New Zealand and England look the favourites but an India- Pakistan final will be a winner – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Pakistan may well reflect on a Houdini act that saw them scramble into the semi finals of the T20 World Cup, but their joy could be short lived against a well balanced New Zealand. The Kiwis who dropped their guard and were overrun by England after a near faultless campaign upto that stage, are still a formidable force I believe should go all the way. England and India battle for the second spot in a game that is evenly balanced and could go either way depending on whose day it is. England has been building gradually, and if Jos Butler and Alex Hales continue their consistency, are well justified in their belief they are capable if unsettling the Indians who have shown plenty of vulnerability. ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Alex Hales, England, INDIA, New Zealand, Pakistan, semi finals, The Kiwis, virat kholi

Protecting Victoria’s Sri Lankan Community Library Wednesday 26 October 2022 Ancient Sri Lankan historical documents will be protected under a Liberal Nationals government. A Matt-Guy led Government will ensure that one of kind historical documents are protected for future generations by providing $200,000 to ensure that the ‘Victor Melder Community Library’ can be co-located in a protected Municipal Library. Mr Melder has collected over 7000 individual pieces of literature and historical information on Sri Lanka including extremely rare publications. He has been collecting these pieces since migrating to Australia over 50 years ago. His library has been enjoyed by many Victorians and travelling dignitaries. While Mr Melder has managed this library from his home in Broadmeadows until now, but the volume of publications requires more space and additional assistance to care for these historical documents. This funding will go towards ensuring that Victor Melder’s incredible collection is transferred and Co-Located ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged government, Liberal Nationals, Sri Lankan historical documents

This teenager has offers from three Australian universities but can’t accept any – By Sean Wales As young people in Australia anxiously wait for offers to study at university, one talented student doesn’t have the same opportunities as her peers. Source : sbs For Iranian refugee Helia Diba, watching her friends chase their goals is bittersweet. The 19-year-old graduated from high school last year, and despite receiving three university offers to study architecture and business, she was unable to accept any of them. “It was really exciting but sadly I had to defer all of my courses, just hoping by then I would have a visa and study rights to be able to attend,” she said. Helia and her family have lived in Australia for more than three years, but they can’t work or study. They left their homeland to seek asylum in Australia nine years ago and are living in ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Australian, Australian Government, Helia Diba, student, young people in Australia

05 11 2022 Brad & Kiara Show Triple H PODCAST SPC OBU MEL Interview with Ajith Perera President Source : omny A lifestyle radio show that connects with your community and focuses on topics that you can relate to, a little bit of this and a little bit of that with a real Sri Lankan touch – Anything and everything goes on The Brad & Kiara Show – Tune in Saturday Mornings 7-8 right here on Triple H 100.1 FM ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, The Brad and Kiara Show - Sydney Tagged Ajith Perera, Brad, Brad & Kiara Show, Kiara, Sri Lanka

What Gives Life Meaning? By Judith Fein Source : psychologytoday A Personal Perspective: Here’s what people say around the world. I have been thinking a lot lately about how much media noise comes into my life every day and how much online reading and learning I do. I have also pondered why I sometimes spend 12 hours writing at my computer. I wonder if the reading and writing are a distraction, or if it gives meaning to my life. When I am traveling to other cultures and countries, I often ask questions because we can learn from other ways of seeing the world. Over the past few years, I asked people I met about what really matters to them and gives their lives meaning and purpose. In Tunisia, my friend Rabii, a film and TV composer, said that what matters to him is music. He lives it and breathes it; it ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Judith Fein, life, Life Meaning

Cynthia Shanmugalingam shares a taste of Sri Lanka – By Cynthia Shanmugalingam Source : sbs Pieced together from a lifetime of travels, myths and memories, new book Rambutan offers a special perspective on Sri Lanka and its food. My Mum – alongside almost everyone else in my Sri Lankan family – seems to have been born knowing just what fruit, veg, fish, meat, spices and rice to buy, when everything is in season, and how to turn it all into the wonderful Sri Lankan fare that they eat every day. Unlike them, I have had to learn a different way. When my parents left the island in the 1960s to live in England, they didn’t know that on the flight, thousands of years of culinary knowledge would be evaporated into thin air. Alongside my brother and sister, I could never quite pick up everything they knew ‘back home’. And yet, I ...

Nov 8, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged book Rambutan, omelets, potatoes, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan family, Sri Lankan foods

THE CREATION OF THE HUNTER Source:Island Review: Robert Sidharthan Perinbanayagam, Professor of Sociology (emeritus), Hunter College of the City University of New York Gananath Obeyesekere (Colombo: Sailfish Publications:2022) In earlier works Obeyesekere demolished the claims of both Western scholars and European colonizers that cannibalism was a general practice among the natives of some of the countries they sought to rule and exploit and with his work he de-apotheosized Captain Cook and his sanctification by some western scholars. In his work on Sri Lanka he was at it again. With his book on the Pattini cult and the practices at the temple in Kataragama, he challenged certain constructions about Sinhala society and its ethnic make-up and religious practices. In his work on Buddhism in modern Sri Lanka he showed how it was influenced by Protestant Christianity just as it did in Bengal, in the shape of the Brahma Samaj. And so ...

Nov 7, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Gananath Obeyesekere, Kannila Vädda