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eLanka Newsletter – 27th April 2022 – 8th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “A GEM OR TWO”-by Des Kelly Good News From Jayam May 1, 2022 Pls Scroll Down 35 items ANZAC Day 2022 in AUSTRALIA – CEYLON 1939–1945 EX SERVICEMEN SRI LANKAN HEALTHCARE CRISIS WEBINAR WEDNESDAY, 27 APRIL 2022 8.00 – 9.30 PM 8-9:30PM AEST Health & Views April 3rd issue 2022 – by Dr harold Gunatillake A Trojan Horse in Diyawanna Oya – by Capt Elmo Jayawardena Invitation to ANZAC Day Participation by Sri Lanka Ex-Services My LATEST painting – by MAX GERREYN The Forgotten Story of a Josephian Cricketer turned Doctor – By Avishka Mario Senewiratne CHANDRALEKHA PERERA A MONSTROUS VOCALIST WITH SIGNATURE INIMITABLE STYLE THRIVES IN THE SAME TEMPARAMENT – by Sunil Thenabadu My lovely Chinese friends – by GEORGE BRAINE RIP ...

Sri Lanka’s Marathon Man-by Alexander Grantham Source:Dailynews Varsity Magazine sits down with Judge Business School student Hassan Esufally, the first Sri Lankan in history to run a marathon in every single continent. When the moderator at the Cambridge Union’s talk with Bear Grylls opened up questions to the floor, the hand that shot up first was that of Hassan Esufally, a Masters student at the Judge Business School in Cambridge. Esufally wanted to ask his childhood hero how he could follow in Bear’s footsteps and make a financially sustainable career out of being a professional adventurer. It is an understandable question; after all, who has not felt inspired to get off the sofa and climb a tree, swim in a river, or chow down on a maggot after binge-watching a few episodes of Man vs. Wild or The Island? Unlike most armchair adventurers, however, Hassan’s dream of emulating Grylls and ...