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Book Review: “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah – “Don’t fight the system, mock the system.” – By Nimandra Gunasekera Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – April 2024 Trevor Noah’s “Born a Crime” is an engaging and thoughtprovoking memoir that chronicles the comedian’s life growing up in apartheid South Africa. Image Source : openlibrary The title “Born a Crime” refers to Noah’s own mixed-race heritage, which was illegal under apartheid laws at the time of his birth in 1984. Noah’s mother was Black, and his father was White, which made Noah’s mere existence a crime in the eyes of the government. This reality sets the stage for much of Noah’s childhood, as he navigated the complexities of being neither fully black nor white in a society that was strictly divided along racial lines. “In my head white and black and brown were like types of chocolate” says Noah. “Dad ...

Apr 1, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 3rd December 2023 – 1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Mitchell Marsh eagerly anticipates West Test at Perth Stadium We’ll ensure not to discuss on field plans in Urdu in front of Usman Khawaja, Hasan Ali Adelaide Strikers defeated Brisbane Heat in a last ball thriller by 3 runs to successfully defend WBBL title Holy Family Convent, Colombo PPA Sydney Inc Dinner Dance – Photos thanks to RoyGrafix Health & Views DECEMBER 1st issue 2023 – By Dr harold Gunatillake The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2023-12-2 Kibulagala Rock – birthplace of Nandimithra – By Arundathie Abeysinghe SUNDAY CHOICE – JESUS NEVER FAILS – By Charles Schokman Shaheen and Warner last encounter was epitome of Spirit of Cricket, Usman Khawaja Pakistan Test squad to arrive in Australia tomorrow Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 186 ...

Dec 3, 2023 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 4th May 2022 – 2nd Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “PLANTERS PERSONIFIED” – by Des Kelly SRI LANKA NEWS – APRIL 2022 ANZAC DAY CELEBRATIONS – by Lawry Heyn Singing alongside Victor – by GEORGE BRAINE SriLankan Airlines Adds A Record Number Of Sydney & Melbourne Flights – BY JAMES PEARSON Helmut Lotti – Time To Swing – by Patrick Ranasinghe Hypnotised – by Anil Wickrematunge Hypnotised – by Anil Wickrematunge Ashes opener axed, Maxwell’s exile extended as Aussies name Test squad – by Christy Doran PETER de NIESE sings ‘T A X I’ (ref songclips14 Foreigner 1995 Line up new front man vocalist Kelly Hansen – by Patrick Ranasinghe Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – May 2022 Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – Additional funding for youth-led mental health and ...

May 4, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh – by Nimandra Gunasekera Source:Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – May 2022 Sea of Poppies is the first volume of the epic Ibis Trilogy by renowned Indian author, Amitav Ghosh. The story begins in 1838, on the eve of the first Opium War and takes the reader on a tour de force of Opium and Empire in the 19th century. Set primarily aboard The Ibis, a British ex-slave ship now transporting workers and prisoners from Calcutta to Mauritius; the story revolves around a diverse and unlikely group of people. A poppy grower fleeing her northern Bihari village following the death of her husband, a mixed-race American seafarer and Freedman from Baltimore, an unscrupulous English businessman and Evangelist trading in opium, an imprisoned Maha Raja, an Untouchable on the run, a ParsiChinese Opium addict, a French Botanist escaping an arranged marriage, a Lascar and ...

May 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Book Review: A Murder at Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey By Nimandra Gunasekera Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – December 2021 Three widows living in seclusion, a grizzly murder and a sleuthing young lawyer. A Murder at Malabar Hill is the first of the Mistry series by Sujata Massey, following the trials and triumphs of Perveen Mistry; a female solicitor in 1920s Bombay. Perveen’s foray into the legal profession is not without hurdles. Frustrated by being the target of relentless bullying by her peers and Professors, Perveen quits her law degree at the Government Law College in Bombay. Following a brief but turbulent marriage into a fellow Zoroastrian family and scarred by her experiences in more ways than one, Perveen escapes to study law at Oxford. Four years later, armed with her degree, Perveen joins her father Jamshedji Mistry’s successful legal practice in Bombay. Unable to appear in ...

Dec 4, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Book Review: Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – October 2021     Australian-Sri Lankan writer, Rajith Savanadasa’s beautifully crafted debut novel “Ruins” is centred around the Herath family. Ruins is loosely based on the Sandakada Pahana with its circular bands, one of which contains a procession of animals, each representing a stage of life: the elephant (birth), the bull (decay), the lion (disease) and the horse (death). In another band is the swan, representing discernment between good and evil. At the centre of these circles is the lotus, representing enlightenment. Each character represents a symbol on the Sandakada Pahana. They are all discontented with their lives and yearning for more, each ontheir own journey from one state of being to the next. Latha’s brother wants her to return to their village but what will she do there? Latha has been at Mano Mahaththaya and ...

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