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Blind Ashchariya Peiris listed among BBC channel’s world’s 100 most inspiring Women in 2019 – By Sunil Thenabadu This article was compiled after Ashchariya Peiris was elected after she was elected by the BBC channels one among the 100 most inspiring women in the world in year 2019 Blind Ashchariya Peiris listed among BBC channel’s world’s 100 most inspiring Women in 2019 In March 2000 when she was just nineteen years old, when the civil war was at its peak tragedy struck Nayana Ashchariya Peiris Jayakody ,a product of Devi Balika Vidyalaya, a diploma holder in English from the Warwick University, a teller in an international bank when a claymore bomb exploded at Castle street when she was driving home after work. It was reported that 46 were killed many injured from this brutal LTTE attack. Ashchariya had been rushed to the accident service where she had not known what ...

A true pride for Sri Lankan women December 3, 2019, 12:00 pm In March 2000 when the civil war was at its peak, tragedy struck Nayana Ashchariya Peiris Jayakody, a product of Devi Balika Vidyalaya, a diploma holder in English from the Warwick University, a teller in an international bank in Sri Lanka, when a claymore bomb exploded at Castle Street when she was driving home after work. It was reported that 49 were killed and many injured from this brutal LTTE attack. Ashchariya had been rushed to the accident service where she had not known what happened when she had recovered after three days. Apart from becoming totally blind she has had a fractured leg having to be confined to a wheelchair for a few years. She recollects that she has had many friends and mourners in her hospital room that even had no space to accommodate them. ...