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eLanka Newsletter – 22nd May 2022 – 7th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “JUDGES OF CEYLON” – by Des Kelly With Anthony Albanese at the helm, Labor is projected to win 2022 federal election Australian Federal Election 2022 – Candidates of Sri Lankan Heritage contesting for various parties Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms unauthorised vessel from Sri Lanka has been intercepted News In Sri Lanka – by Dr harold Gunatillake The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal launched to support local multicultural communities around Australia What’s next for the Sri Lankan Economy?-by Kalani Kumarasinghe Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 106 20 05 2022 Knuckles conservation: Success, lessons showcased at forum-By Ifham Nizam Data-centric and model-centric machine learning By Aditya Abeysinghe Silverscene Official Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club Inc. – Issue: May/June 2022 Mothers’ Day Have-A-Chat Remembering Radcliffe ...

May 22, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 18th May 2022 – 6th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “DBU DEBUT” – by Des Kelly Sri Lanka -current news -by Dr Harold Gunatillake Photos from PIMARN SRI LANKAN AND THAI RESTAURANT BY TREK – Castle Hill on 15th May 2022 – Sundown Sunday Buffet with Live music The Joseph Family of British Ceylon: Service to Mankind across the Oceans-by Michael Roberts SUSIL PREMARATNE PRODIGIOUS ARTIST, VOCALIST,COMPOSER ,TEACHER PLAYBACK SINGER AT APEX OF GLORY – by Sunil Thenabadu The Joseph Family of British Ceylon: Service to Mankind across the Oceans-by Michael Roberts SUSIL PREMARATNE PRODIGIOUS ARTIST, VOCALIST,COMPOSER ,TEACHER PLAYBACK SINGER AT APEX OF GLORY – by Sunil Thenabadu Roy Dias – A joy to behold-by Rohan WIJESINGHE ‘Extreme Malinga’: Sri Lankan teen’s stunning IPL entrance – by Martin Smith The Technopolitics of Dissent ...

May 18, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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The Technopolitics of Dissent in Sri Lanka – By Shakthi De Silva     Source:internationalaffairs.org.au Observers in Australia and elsewhere have covered Sri Lanka’s ongoing protests and accurately teased out the nuances of the situation. However, many underestimate how technology played a key role in instigating this organic social uprising. Web platforms and social media has revolutionised the politics of public dissent. They give new meaning to free expression and empower citizen journalism and activism to take a life of its own outside the traditional domains of private or state-influenced media. Information is now coproduced by people and shared on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, and more. Representative democracies around the world are feeling the pinch as stories, pictures, and posts on corruption and political malpractice become viral sensations. In more ways than one, this has become a feature of the modern-day democratic techno-politic climate we live in. Nowhere is ...

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