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eLanka Newsletter – 4th December 2022 – 1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “SCENIC SPLENDOUR” – by Des Kelly Sri Lanka’s batters find form to thwart Afganistan charge – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Sovereign Creator of the Universe – by Lakshman Navaratne Schoolboy, 17, killed in horror car crash after a 90-year-old driver veered off the road excelled in maths and dreamed of becoming an aeronautical engineer – as his heartbroken parents speak out – By Antoinette Milienos Sydney teen killed while walking with friends – By Lucy Slade SINHALA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY COMPILED BY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR BUUDDHDASA HEWAGE Health & Views December 1st issue – Dr Harold Gunatillake Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 134 02 12 2022 Cenotaph – capture of King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe By Arundathie Abeysinghe Is ML changing process analytics? By Aditya Abeysinghe The ...

Book Reading by Janaka Malwatta – By Gothami Meepe Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – December 2022 A book reading of Janaka Malwatta’s award winning poetry book “Blackbirds don’t mate with Starlings”, was held at the Avid Reader Bookshop on the 4th of November. The catalyst for this book, which won the Thomas Shapcott Prize this year, had been the distressing murder of George Floyd. His poetry brought into focus why so many of our youth felt compelled to join the Black Lives Matter movement. The first poem he read, ‘Swastika’, set the tone. How this sacred symbol of the East is now demonised and used to show hate is shown up brilliantly in this poem. It deeply resonated with me, and the direct style used to confront the issue was truly refreshing. The real-life circumstances that led him to understand racism and the effects of colonialism, were ...