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eLanka Newsletter – 07th August 2022 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “PONDERISMS” – by Des Kelly A young girl from Sri Lankan second generation in Australia ends up being famous actress on Sri Lankan TV SRI LANKA NEWS – JULY 2022 Sulochana Weerasinghe a thespian award winning actress having conquered the stage ,mini and silver screens in a relatively short period with recognition from foreign nations too – by Sunil Thenabadu Ceylon Tea named as Official Tea Supplier for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Two Books, Two Backstories – By GEORGE BRAINE FIRST JET AIRCRAFT TO LAND IN SRI LANKA Compiled – By Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd) Transformation of Galle Face green by Dr Harold Gunatillake Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 117 05 08 2022 “Kota Vehera” – commemoration of a royal birth – By ...

Aug 7, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Channa Wickremesekera’s Books on Sri Lanka’s Past …. & Beyond-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Channa Wickremesekera’s Publications Channa Wickremesekera is the son of the late Percy Wickremesekera, an acquaintance of mine from Peradeniya Campus days and a ‘Trot’ activist who migrated to Australia. Channa lives in Melbourne. I got to know him when I was working on my book on Sinhala Consciousness in the Kandyan Period¸1590’s-1815 (which came out in 2003 …………………… https://www.amazon.com/Sinhala-Consciousness-Kandyan-Period-1590s/dp/9558095311).   Books: On Sri Lankan Conflicts & Politics A Tough Apprenticeship: Sri Lanka’s Military Against the Tamil Militants 1979-1987, Self-published, 2017 The Tamil Separatist War¸ New York: Routledge, 2016 ...

Aug 5, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , ,
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Channa Wickremesekera’s Books on Sri Lanka’s Past …. & Beyond-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Channa Wickremesekera’s Publications Channa Wickremesekera is the son of the late Percy Wickremesekera, an acquaintance of mine from Peradeniya Campus days and a ‘Trot’ activist who migrated to Australia. Channa lives in Melbourne. I got to know him when I was working on my book on Sinhala Consciousness in the Kandyan Period¸1590’s-1815 (which came out in 2003 …………………… https://www.amazon.com/Sinhala-Consciousness-Kandyan-Period-1590s/dp/9558095311).     Books: On Sri Lankan Conflicts & Politics A Tough Apprenticeship: Sri Lanka’s Military Against the Tamil Militants 1979-1987, Self-published, 2017 The Tamil Separatist War¸ New York: Routledge, 2016 Kandy at War: Indigenous Military Resistance to European Expansion in Sri Lanka 1594–1818, New Delhi: Manohar, 2004 Best Black Troops in the World: British Perceptions and the Making of the Sepoy 1746–1805, New Delhi: Manohar, 2002 Fiction Tracks, Self-published, 2015 Asylum, Self-published, 2014; Palaver Books, 2015. In the Same Boat, Self-published 2010. Distant Warriors, Perera-Hussein, Colombo, 2005. ...

Aug 3, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged
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