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eLanka Newsletter – 27th July 2022 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “A PRIYA PEIRIS DOUBLE” – by Des Kelly Christmas in July at Strike It at the Dandenong Workers Club – photos by Trevine Rodrigo “A PRIYA PEIRIS DOUBLE” – by Des Kelly President vows tough line against troublemakers Sri Lanka’s Future – By Dr Harold Gunatillake As Sri Lankans in Australia fill trolleys with goods to send home, some doubt the country’s new president will end crisis – By Joshua Boscaini and Vidita Sharma Good News From Jayam August 1, 2022 Pls Scroll Down 35 items All You Need is Love’ is a live concert which will be held on the 31st of July 2022 @ Timbre +Eastside from 6pm to 8pm (Singapore Time ) and live streamed In Support of Sri Lanka: The ...

Jul 27, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Tear Gas: What you need to know- By Prof.Kirthi Tennakone A file photo of the police firing tear gas during a recent protest National Institute of Fundamental Studies Source:Island We hear incidents of tear gas deployment somewhere almost every day and too frequently in Sri Lanka these days. The Police direct tear gas shells to crowds they determine as unruly. The tactic serves the purpose of avoiding the bullet, or other lethal methods of combat, to deter an emotionally agitated mob about to engage in a criminal offence. However, indiscriminate use of tear gas poses health risks hard to ignore. The United Nations Human Rights Commission has classified tear gas as a less – lethal weapon, and said that even less-lethal weapons must be employed only when they are subject to strict requirement of necessity and proportionality, in situations in which other less harmful measures have proven to be clearly ...

Jul 23, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Appropriate time to appreciate Abraham Kovoor and his son Aries-By Prof.Kirthi Tennakone (Email: ktenna@yahoo.co.uk), National Institute of Fundamental Studies Abraham Kovoor and his son, Aries Kovoor, rendered an exemplary service to the nation; it is now largely forgotten and not acknowledged to the extent they deserve. They were unassuming characters whose ideals stand pre-eminently important in the context of retrograde tendencies in the present day society. A resurgence in actions, based on superstitions and myths rather than rational argument seems to be escalating as evident from recent happenings in our society. Rituals and quackeries have stood in the way of the efforts to contain the pandemic. Deities not known to exist are said to have prescribed cures and disclosed causes of the illness. Listening to folk healers and soothsayers, people suffer or die in situations where a doctor would have cured their condition permanently. Children are made to feel inferior because ...

May 22, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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