eLanka Newsletter – 31st January 2024 – 9th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Shamar Joseph the new whizzkid in world cricket – Heroic return despite injury has unearthed a superstar who single handedly destroyed Australia – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Australia Day Celebrations at Many Little Bar & Dining supports FOG’s Plates of Goodness, at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula. Australia Day Celebrations at Many Little Bar & Dining supports FOG’s Plates of Goodness, at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula. Interview – Australian men’s head coach Andrew McDonald following the second Test against the West Indies in Brisbane. Sr Lanka’s pride and joy Chamari Athapaththu picked to lead the world’s best – Also named Women’s player-of -the -year – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) Duruthu Poya Day Celebration in Kandy. – By ...

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RUKMANI DEVI – by Des Kelly She was undoutedly one of the most beautiful, PLUS beautifully talented women, that Sri Lanka ever produced. She was an actress of repute, a singer, better known as the first Nightingale of Ceylon, and, as a dancer, well, I had the ultimate pleasure of waltzing around the dance floor with her, many moons ago, at a private “house-warming” party in Wattala, and believe me folks, she was a superb dancer, as well, giving me a few minutes of my life that I’ll never forget. ...

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