A story of courage, survival and triumph holds a message of hope and empowerment to all those who face life’s challenges – Nalini de Sielvie announces the release of ‘Written in the Stars’ MELBOURNE, Australia – Nalini de Sielvie  announces her return to the publishing scene with the release of  “Written in the Stars” (published by AuthorHouse UK), the story of a young girl’s incredible courage against all odds to achieve her dreams and success as she rises from rags to riches that inspires and empowers women of all ages. Anusha’s life changes dramatically when she is orphaned at 8 years old and spends the next few years as a servant. Abducted from her village in Sri Lanka one day, she is forced into child labor but escapes soon after, only to be captured by people smugglers. Anusha ends up at a detention center on Christmas Island along with a ...

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eLanka Newsletter: April 2019 1st edition: Sri Lankans in Australia – News, Photos, Events & Articles Please click here or on the image below to read this week’s eLanka Newsletter eLanka Newsletter: April 2019 1st edition eLanka, Lankan-Australian “News-King”: Always read eLanka! (Circulation 20,000 plus members! – The Largest Sri Lankan News Circulation in Australia!) You can also view this email in your browser Welcome to eLanka News – for the Sri Lankan Down Under! (If you are based outside of Australia… enjoy the News from the Lankans Down Under!) eLanka Articles Yasodai Selvakumaran – Western Sydney teacher named among top 10 in the world Yasodai Selvakumaran, a humanities teacher at Rooty Hill High School, has been named in the top 10 teachers in the world, taking her a step closer to the $US1 million Global Teacher Prize…………. “OUR ALMA MATER” – BY Des Kelly As we quickly approach yet ...

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Author Corner: Nalini de Sielvie: Thistles in the Wind – An autobiography : Story by Marie Pietersz, Melbourne Nalini de Sielvie is a Sri Lankan-born Melbourne author whose recent novel Thistles in the Wind has made it on the world stage. Published by Authorhouse (UK) in November 2018, it was displayed at the Tucson Book Fair, Arizona (US) Campus, in March 2019, and is also available on Amazon, online book stores and at Australian libraries.   Many books have been written and published by Nalini since she arrived in Melbourne more than forty-five years ago, but this autobiography, comprising over a thousand pages, is about her own story in detail and is crammed with stories about life in Sri Lanka and Australia that will make you both laugh and cry. Part 1 ‘The Lotus Island’ is about family history, childhood, teenage years and getting married at eighteen, while Part 2 ‘Southern Stars’ deals with ...

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