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New book honours life of cricketing legend – By Nathan Taylor Source : parranews Long-time North Rocks resident Doug Walters was an Australian cricketing legend back in the 1970s. His incredible performances at the crease inspired kids from all over the world, including one growing up Sri Lanka. Nimal Chandrasena, now a Professor of Botany and published author, grew up listening to Walters’ heroics with the bat on a crackly wireless at his home in Sri Lanka. Walters was Chandrasena’s boyhood hero, his cricketing idol. He followed every match right up until the Dungog product retired from the game in the early 1980s. Years later, when Chandrasena migrated to Sydney for work, he set out on a mission to find the man that gave him so much joy as a youngster in Sri Lanka. In 2009, 16 years after arriving in Australia and in the most bizarre of circumstances, he finally ...

Dec 3, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 20th October 2024 -6th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sydney Peterites celebrate Golden Gleam in grand style – By Lawrence Machado Sri Lanka’s batters run riot in historic series triumph over West Indies. Nissanka, Mendis and Perera destroy Windies defiance. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Iconic Sydney Opera House Sails Illuminate to Welcome King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Celebrating Royal Visits to Australia Tomatoes. Human Benefits in Disease Prevention – By Dr. Harold Gunatillake VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – By Charles Schokman Vap Full Moon Poya Day: A Day of Spiritual Significance-by Kalani-eLanka The publishing of a book on the Concepts in Buddhism and Buddhist Philosophy – By Sarath Hemachandra See beyond the Well and Contribute to System Change! – By Oscar E V Fernando 171 Homestead – ...

Oct 20, 2024 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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What’s in a Professorial Title? Dr. Nimal Chandrasena The honorific academic title “Professor” in Sri Lanka is confusing and mislead even educated professionals. Many of my friends, well-educated professionals in varied fields, refer to some individuals in Sri Lanka, especially those in the parliament and other endeavours, “He is a Professor”. The implication, pure and simple, is, “they, who are Professors, should know the stuff”! This is conjecture and often completely wrong. Most ‘professors’ may know their chosen fields of study quite well, but they may lack expertise in other areas and the common sense to admit that. The Sri Lanka media appears to keep referring to a few political ‘professorial’ people with another adjective added – calling them ‘senior professor’. The references galore, these days, given the debates on fertiliser and pesticide bans, organic agriculture and other topics that fall within the scientific realms. The references may also fall ...

Jul 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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A Journey to Mannar and the ‘Dancing Islands’ – 1 – by Nimal Chandrasena  “Imagine being on one of those legendary islands of ‘Adams Bridge’ or ‘Rama Setu’ of the Ramayana fame! Many centuries ago, this 30 km stretch was a natural bridge connecting Sri Lanka to the southern tip of India; now, the ocean has reclaimed its own, leaving a only a chain of sprinkled islands. On 9 December 2011, I and a few friends were standing on the second island of the chain of limestone shoals between the Rameshwaran Island, off the south-eastern coast of India’s Tamil Nadu and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. If the legends and folklore regarding Rama, Seetha, Ravana and Hanuman are to be believed, this ‘bridge’ is a critical part of the Sri Lanka’s past.  The Indian Ocean gently lapped my feet; and the warm sand ‘sucked’ at my ...

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The Felicitation Ceremony to Farewell  Consul General Mr. Lal Wickrematunga Reported by Dr Mrs. G Thenabadu Photographs by Kithsiri Senadeera On a sunny Sunday  the 15th September 2019 , several Presidents and Leaders of various Sri Lankan communities and distinguished Sri Lankans resident in Sydney gathered together at the Hotel Mercure in Liverpool to honor and felicitate the very popular Mr. Lal Wickrematunga, Consul General of New South Wales and Queensland who is leaving Sydney after four years  of service to the Sri Lankan community as well as to Sri Lanka .  Mr. Wickrematunga was not only the Consul General, he was a real gentleman with compassion and charisma who was able to inspire and support many of the Sri Lankans in Australia. It was inspiring to see the various community groups such as the  Malays , Moors,  Tamils ,  Sinhalese and various religious denominations as  Christians, Buddhists, Muslims and ...

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