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eLanka Newsletter – 12th June 2022 – 4th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “BUCKINGHAM PALACE” – by Des Kelly Commendable endeavor from Elanka Donate a grocery pack to a poor family in Sri Lanka -Arundathie Abeysinghe Watch Cricket Highlights – Sri Lanka vs Australia – T20 Series June 2022 Thomian Fiesta 2022 – Organized by S Thomas’ College OBA, NSW/ACT – Photos and video thanks to Roy Grafix Doctor, academic, activist, and now MP: Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah – By Khushaal Vyas Sri Lanka Progress talks IMF Bailing Out Details – By Dr Harold Gunathilake Lalithakala Visharada Deshamanya Manoj Peiris in an effervescent dominant voyage of over four decades in the field of music – by Sunil Thenabadu Duncan White, and the Returned Trinity Lion – By GEORGE BRAINE SUNDAY CHOICE – Only a Prayer Away Delays ...

Jun 13, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 1st June 2022 – 1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “D.S.” – by Des Kelly (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ) Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize’ for naturalists won by old Thomian Rohan Pethiyagoda – by Sunil Thenabadu Sangakkara and Solanki about their Success at IPL 2022 – By Dr Michael Roberts A great evening at Colombo 21 Castle Hill Sydney – monthly buffet night Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – June 2022 “CHAIR EXTRAORDINAIRE” by Des Kelly (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ) Jacinda Ardern receives standing ovation for Harvard speech on gun control and democracy cultural diversity in parliament – by Tharini Roouwette A LIFE IN THE LAW – NIMAL WIKRAMANAYAKE (BOOK REVIEW) – By Hugh Karunanayake Celebrating the life and service of Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera: Adored for his relentless service to Buddhism and Nation-by ...

Jun 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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Anecdotal Tit Bits: Making “The Bridge on the River Kwai”-by Dr Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis ONE: The Theme Tune and George Siegertsz The mainline tale about the production process in Ceylon in the composition of the outstanding film The Bridge on the River Kwai – a film based on an actual wartime commando operation involving the destruction of a bridge being built with POW labour by the Japanese war machine in Thailand – can be read at https://thuppahis.com/2021/08/02/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai/ Its digital presentation has generated sideline tales from within the Sri Lankan circuit of 2021 which merit public exposure for the historical record. The Wikipedia account about the film runs thus: “The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, the plot and characters of Boulle’s novel and the screenplay are almost entirely fictional. The cast includes Alec ...

Mar 30, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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