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eLanka Newsletter – 13th March 2023 – 4th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter ABSC INC. HOLDS MEDIA CONFERENCE AND DINNER TO PROMOTE EKONOMOS, ISSUE 5, 2024 Sri Lankan band Mirage’s final appearance, as they signed off in style after a third sellout performance. – By Trevine Rodrigo (eLanka – Melbourne) This bulletin focuses on managing type 2 diabetes and was created for Sri Lankans worldwide. – By Dr Harold Gunatillake The Swinging 60s – Royal College Group of 82 – Celebrations – Snippets from the Royal Thomian Game in March 2024 The Bambalapitiya Flats Colombo 4, Sri Lanka – Celebrating Friends, Families and Community – The website – dedicated to a far flung diaspora of some 250 families from Sri Lanka who lived at the ‘Bambalapitiya flats’ Empowering Sri Lanka: Women Lead in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability ...

Green Gold: The Discovery of Sri Lanka’s Biodiversity,by Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda-By Ifham Nizam Dr. Pethiyagoda with his book BOOK REVIEW The idea of exploration for its own sake is associated very much with Western culture. The Sinhala word for this pursuit—gaveshanaya, literally ‘to search for cattle’—is evidence of this. While ancient Sri Lankans had names for every useful plant and animal, there was little thirst to discover every single species there is, to describe it, and to give it a name. That was an altogether European idea. This is not to say that European explorers were all motivated purely by scientific curiosity. Many of them were in search of medicinal and other plants of economic value. Sri Lankan cuisine is defined by plants discovered in the New World by Portuguese colonisers and brought to our shores: sweet potatoes, manioc, cashew nuts and, not least, chilies. And what would European cuisine ...