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eLanka Newsletter – 16th November 2022 – 5th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “IN DEDICATION” – by Des Kelly Report, Clips and letter of appreciation from Lions Club in Sri Lanka to Lions Club of Wantirna, Victoria Spring Rhythm Dinner Dance in Cherrybrook on 8th of October 2022 with Surenie De Mel, Neel Warnakulasuriya & Ruwan Hettiarachchi England shatter Pakistan dream to prevail in gripping T20 World Cup final – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Sri Lanka to host U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 PROFESSOR SUNETHRA KANKANAMGE LINGUISTIC ERUDITE SCHOLAR SENIOR LECTURER IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE ,CLASSICAL,THEATRE AND PERFORMING STUDIES,ART OF POETRY,LOVES SONGS AND STANZAS AT SUMMIT OF FAME – by Sunil Thenabadu Eric Rajapakse Opticians encourages artistic talents of youngsters on World Children’s Day An encouraging letter to all would-be tourists to SL ...

Nov 16, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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The Suriya Mal Campaign of the 1930s and Doreen Wickremasinghe nee Young-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Doreen Wickremasinghe was a British leftist who became a prominent Communist politician in Sri Lanka and a Member of Parliament (MP). She was one of the handful of European Radicals in Sri Lanka. Doreen & the Rodi lass she ‘rescued’ Doreen Wickremasinghe was the daughter of two British ‘ethical Socialists’. While a student in London in the 1920s, she became involved in the India League and carried out other anti-imperialist work. Here she met Dr S.A. Wickremasinghe, then a radical Sri Lankan moving in Communist and radical circles while a post-graduate student in London. ...

Nov 12, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , ,
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