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Blessed with ‘second chance’ Adrika Sri Bawan on a quest to empower the less privileged her way-By Randima Attygalle Adrika Sri Bawan with (from left): Thasindu Samaraweera, Kavindu Pushpakumara, Ravindu Weerasekera and Kasun Bandara at the Royal college hostel Source:FT Profoundly hearing-impaired today, Adrika hears with the help of cochlear implants. A young woman who believes in life’s ‘second chances’, today she strives to champion the same for the less privileged.  ‘Adrika’ in Sanskrit translates into ‘small mountain’. In the epic Mahabharata, Adrika is an apsara or a nymph who was the mother of Matsya and Satyavati. Adrika Sri Bawan, the 26-year-old Melbourne-based lawyer, banker and mentor truly personifies her name. Born in Colombo, Adrika was adopted by Sharmalee and Sri Bawan when she was three months old. After an intense two-year legal battle with Australian Immigration, two-year-old Adrika arrived to start a new life when she was diagnosed with ...

Mar 17, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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 “LEGENDS, ALL”!! – By Des Kelly                “THESE ARE ALL LEGENDS,               AND, IT IS THEIR WISH,         TO TEACH RURAL CHILDREN,           SOME CORRECT ENGLISH.          WE CONGRATULATE THEM,              EACH ONE, AND ALL,         HOPE THAT YOUR STUDENTS,               WILL ALL HAVE A BALL”.   Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief)  eLanka.            Legends give up leisure time to help rural kids improve spoken English skills  Source:FT Some of the brightest kids in the land who succeed at the all island scholarship exams and gain entry to the leading Government schools in Colombo sadly lack good English speaking skills. Padmasena Dissanayake (Class of 64 and the Olive Group at Royal College) has long pushed the barrow ...

Aug 21, 2021 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , ,
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