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Stalag Luft III and Its “Great Escape” Tunnel: An Archaelogical Treasure-by Michael Roberts The Great Escape Tunnel Source:Thuppahis Untouched for almost seven decades, the tunnel used in the Great Escape has finally been unearthed. The 111-yard passage nicknamed ‘Harry’ by Allied prisoners was sealed by the Germans after the audacious break-out from the POW camp Stalag Luft III in western Poland. Despite huge interest in the subject, encouraged by the film starring Steve McQueen, the tunnel undisturbed over the decades because it was behind the Iron Curtain and the Soviet had no interest in its significance. But at last British archaeologists have excavated it and discovered its remarkable secrets. Many of the bed boards which had been joined together to stop it collapsing were still in position. And the ventilation shaft, ingeniously crafted from used powdered milk containers known as Klim Tins, remained in working order. Scattered throughout the tunnel, ...
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‘An epic drawn from real life’: the radical hit play about a Sri Lankan family’s journey – By Neelam Tailor Source : theguardian Counting and Cracking, a multilingual tale of a family’s migration to Australia, is coming to the UK. Its writer Shakthi and director Eamon Flack discuss the inspiration behind this labour of love “Australia is a country of immigrants,” says Counting and Cracking director Eamon Flack. He’s not wrong: nearly 60% of the population are immigrants from Europe who began arriving about 250 years ago; Indigenous people make up just over 3%. After England, the top countries where overseas-born immigrants come from are India and China. Yet until Counting and Cracking, there hadn’t been a major theatrical work in Australia about a non-white migrant family. “To put it plainly, I don’t think there’s been a play of this scale with 19 people who are all brown,” says the play’s ...
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Photo highlights from the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards – By George Pimentel Raquel Fox, John Herman and Patrick Alcedo were among the recipients at the 14th annual ceremony Source : thestar Welcome to the Great White North! On Aug. 11, the Sheraton’s Dominion Ballroom was the site of Canadian Immigrant magazine’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards, presented by Western Union, with program partner COSTI Immigrant Services. The awards celebrate newcomers for their outstanding contributions to Canada. This year’s recipients included Chef Raquel Fox and filmmaker Patrick Alcedo, and the guest list featured Sean Fraser, Member of Parliament for Central Nova Scotia and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; and Harsha Kumara Navaratne, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Canada. ...
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Is travelling to work always a waste of time? Source:Sports Americans are “always in a hurry”, wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in “Democracy in America”, his opus published in 1835. Until the covid-19 pandemic, nowhere was this more evident in recent decades than in packed trains at peak times as people commuted to work. Almost 75% of professionals in America say the journey is what they dread most about going back to the office. Working remotely a few days a week is here to stay. Rush-hour traffic, overcrowded trains and transport strikes (like those on London’s tube in the past week) all argue for working from home. Across America and Europe rising fares eat into people’s salaries. The outcry for lower carbon emissions adds additional weight to the argument for millions of employees not undertaking unnecessary journeys. In some emerging cities, getting to work involves honks and epic gridlock as well ...
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“LANKAN DUTCH BURGHERS” – by Des Kelly A comprehensive mini-history of the Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka today, this particular story has been excellently portrayed, will take quite a lot of reading, but will be enjoyed by any avid Dutch Burgher, anywhere. This writer is only part Dutch Burgher though, primarily on my Maternal side. My Mum was a Miss Kriekenbeek whose ancestors were actually Founder members of the famous Dutch East Indian Shipping Co., who originally set foot on the Island of Ceylon, that, everyone knows, was “ruled” by the Dutch, for a period of time. ...
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JERONIS PIERIS BOOK – FACETS OF MODERN CEYLON HISTORY A NOTE from SHIRAN DE SOYSA in SRI LANKA Copies of the book are available with me. There is a stock in my office, at Swarna Road. Contact no 0777 893443 (my mobile) The publishers, Perera-Hussein Publishing House ,( www.perera.hussein.com ) will handle the overseas buyers. Sam Perera has distributed copies to local bookshops, Barefoot, Sarasavi and others. If there is an interest in Australia, I can ship a quantity to my cousin in Melbourne, who can be persuaded to do the distribution. Kind regards Shiran ...
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Visharada Nishamani Anuradha Nandasiri phenomenal vocalist, skilled music teacher, rendering aesthetic nourishment – by Sunil Thenabadu image Source : youtube Visharada Nishamani Anuradha Nandasiri is the solitary daughter of legendary music duo Sangeeth Nipun Sanath Nandasiri and Malkanthi Nandasiri nee Pieris, is another ‘Phalange” of the protracted music family consisting of Aunts Nirmala , Niranjala, Sewwandi ,Manoj etc. Her name has crafted by legendary Karunaratne Abeysekera, a very close family comrade who had willingly volunteered to name the baby, who had also volunteered to transport the new born baby home from the hospital in his vehicle.Anuradha is multi-religious following both Christianity and Buddhism visiting Churches and Temples often ,but more attracted towards precepts of Buddhism. Anuradha has asserted that at home from her younger days she was not under any restrictions from parental duo was allowed to accomplish whatever she adored. She had been used to singing mostly English ...
Together they made it happen in Australia for the love of Sri Lanka – By Kumudini Hettiarachchi Source : sundaytimes Under the gavel went exotic and unique items such as works of art, a piece from Limited Edition cricket memorabilia, a Best of Sri Lanka holiday package and a bat signed by a cricket great……..and in the audience were celebrities, all linked by their love for Sri Lanka’s children. Four hundred Australians gathered on Tuesday night (August 23) at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth for the ‘Love for Sri Lanka’ gala fundraising dinner to show they care. The funds poured in – AUD 300,000 (amounting to over Rs. 75 million). The funds are to be channelled from UNICEF Australia to UNICEF Sri Lanka for nutrition, clean drinking water, healthcare, education and child protection for children and families in this country. UNICEF Australia’s Sri Lanka appeal went out as Sri Lanka currently has ...
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125th year celebrations at St. Joseph’s: Cardinal Ranjith wants Joes to make society a better place – By Yohan Perera Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at the service Source : dailymirror Schools should not strive to produce citizens who are obsessed with power, money and do not want to give up power, but instead produce students who really work for the betterment of the society, Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said while urging students to follow this principle when he spoke at the occasion when St. Joseph’s College Colombo celebrated 125 year of existence. This event was held on June 15 at St. Joseph’s College. Cardinal Ranjth said that destruction was caused by those who strive for money and power; adding that there is evidence that those who don’t want to give up power exist today. “The most important thing the Rev Fathers, sisters, parents, teachers could give the children is to ...
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