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eLanka Newsletter – 20th September 2023 – 6th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sriraj and India scuttle hapless Sri Lanka to grab Asia Cup – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (Elanka Sports Editor) CDF CHARITY – The silent contributor to the health sector for almost 10 years සිවු සරකට පෙර සදා නිහඩවු රන් සර – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් Thomas’ College OBA Annual Dinner Dance in aid of the Bishop Chapman Scholarship Fund – 5th of November 2023 කනමරා මත්සුරි – ජපානයේ ශිෂ්ණෝත්සව වසන්ත සැණකෙළිය . – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් DEMISE OF TERENCE WIJESOORIYA FOREMELY OF OMAN TELECOMMUINACTIONS FINANCE DEPARTMENT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK BACK – by Charles Schokman PERCY RECEIVES RS. 5 MN FROM SLC – By Sunil Thenabadu ECOLOGICAL DEVASTATION. – By Noor Rahim Dr. Rex H G CLEMENTS Motivation for Health and ...

Value of asking questions-By R N A de Silva Source:Island rnades@gmail.com It is generally accepted that in countries like Sri Lanka the opinions of political leaders or state enterprises are accepted without questioning by their subordinates. We have witnessed the disastrous consequences of such acceptances without proper analysis in the recent past. Is this also a result of the outdated educational practices that we use in our local schools where students are not encouraged to ask questions and passive learning is in fact seem to be favoured? We know how curious little children pose numerous questions to their parents as they want to know ‘how’ and ‘why’ of everything that they come across. Curiosity is a natural phenomenon and asking questions an essential fact for a strong learning process. Why then is this curiosity not demonstrated through questions in schools? Shyness amongst a group of people can be one of ...