eLanka Newsletter – 5th March 2025 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Mayanz Valentines High Tea at Shangri La Sydney 15th Feb 2025 LEGENDARY DOUGLAS DIAS JAYASINGHE (DD) REMINISCED PRIOR TO THE 119th ANNUAL BIG MATCH BETWEEN RICHMOND AND MAHINDA COLLEGES “ LOVERS QUARREL” – Sunil Thenabadu All good things must come to an end THE EXCEPTIONAL 1965 STC CRICKET SEASON – By Ravi RUDRA Let’s have a blast today—let’s go bananas! – By Dr Harold Gunatillake සුවිසල් සමාජ මෙහෙවරක නියැළි -පැල්පොල විපස්සි නාහිමි – ජන්ම සංවත්සරය සැමරේ. – ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් සුවිසල් සමාජ මෙහෙවරක නියැළි -පැල්පොල විපස්සි නාහිමි – ජන්ම සංවත්සරය සැමරේ. – ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් SHALIKA ISHAN MULTIFACETED MUSICIAN HAVING REVOLUTIONARISED MUSIC HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR THE FEAT OF BACKING FOR THE MOST NUMBER OF VOCALITS AT PINNACLE OF FAME NOW UNDER THE NEW ...
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The Hermon Lineage in the Plantation World of Ceylon & Lanka Source:Thuppahis Richard Hermon to Errol Fernando, early December 2022, responding to “The Power of Privilege: Illegitimate Progeny in the Plantations of Ceylon and Beyond” ** Dear Errol As a Eurasian myself on both sides, since both my grandfathers were Brits and both my grandmothers were Sinhalese: one Kandyan from Welimada, and one Low-Country from Baddegama to whom both my grandfathers were married. I also take exception to some “Burghers “looking down upon us with disdain. specially very dark skinned “Burghers” who claim to be of “pure “Dutch extraction, [but] when queried as to the reason for their dark skin colour, The explanation is invariably that they have spent a long time in the tropics and have been under the sun!!!. What a load of codswallop!!!! Now however the Burghers consider Eurasians to also be Burghers!! Actually, many Burghers could more accurately be termed “Eurasians”!!! My ...
