eLanka Newsletter – 10th January 2024 – 3rd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter 1st ODI – Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe – 6 January 2024 Tanveer Sangha credits Thunders Nations Cup for his career growth! CA Congratulates Ellyse Perry on 300 international matches Kerrigan La-Brooy – When I Travel My Last Mile (Acapella) An Inspirational Message for the Month of January 2024 – By Charles Schokman “STORMS NEVER LAST” – By Charles Schokman When St. Peters of Adelaide toured Ceylon in January 1928-by Michael Roberts LMD INTERNATIONAL JAN-FEB 2024 GIHAN FERNANDO – one actor, many roles – By Sunil Thenabadu Ringing in the New Year with precious gifts from the Bell family-By Kumudini Hettiarachchi Your Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle – By Nadeeka – eLanka VACD Australia January 2024 Newsletter Maritime security – Technology, capacity building and ...

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Another Time, Another World: Social Science in Postwar Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Background:  In Sri Lanka, social science research witnessed an expansion in the 1950s. Various scholars, including Stanley Tambiah and Gananath Obeyesekere, found their calling in anthropology, and went on to introduce and popularise the subject in local universities. This period also witnessed an increasing interest in Sri Lankan and specifically Sinhala society from Western scholars, including Edmund Leach, James Brow, and Richard Gombrich. While many local scholars active in that period have commented on how social science research evolved at Sri Lankan universities, no proper study of this has been done yet. Brief Description: The authors will talk with veteran Sri Lankan scholars, including anthropologists, sociologists, linguists, diplomats, writers, and public servants who worked or studied in Sri Lanka in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and publish the interviews as podcasts. The objective is to get an idea of the ...

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Introducing Uditha Devapriya: Researcher, Writer, Activist-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis During a recent visit to Sri Lanka, I was visited by Uditha Devapriya on a specific research quest. Readers of Sri Lankan newspapers will be aware of his writings on several political topics. But it is only this month that I became fully aware of his weighty background in scholarly affairs and the full range of his attainments in the past 10-13 years. I am delighted to tell the world that Uditha has teamed up with Uthpala Wijesuriya, a bright young man from Royal College in Colombo, to embark on a research project entitled “Another Time, Another World. A Voyage Down Memory Lane. Nay more: the two are about to embark on an oral history project inspired by the efforts on these lines in the 1960s by a bloke educated at Peradeniya and Oxford Universities. These projects can be dwelt on ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 27th September 2023 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter India emerge as raging favourites for World Cup. But are they peaking too early? – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) Highlights from the Joe – Pete in Sydney held on 24 September2023 – Photos and write up thanks to Brad Stevens Nirmal Saverimuttu Chief Executive Officer Virgin Voyages මහා උළුගෙදර අරුම අත් දුටුවෙමි. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. An appreciation of Harry de Sayrah, OAM – By Ivor Novello Millennium Prayer by Cliff Richard Good News From Jayam October 1, 2023 Pls Scroll Down 35 items – By Jayam Rutnam Matara: Where History, Culture, and Nature Converge – By Bhanuka – eLanka Rave Reviews of LAKE BEAUTY from Adelaidians-by Michael Roberts Why We Must Protect Nature: The Urgent Call for Environmental ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 26th February 2023 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter EX-PRESIDENT OF AMERICA, JIMMY CARTER – by Des Kelly HAPPY 94th BIRTHDAY – Mr Charles Schokman Dilshan scoops out irritating incidents – by Sunil Thenabadu With India on the rise Sri Lanka can only rue the lost opportunities! By Aubrey Joachim SUNDAY CHOICE – JESUS, KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS – by Charles Schokman An evening with Aravinda De Silva – Heart of Love Foundation – Special Event – Saturday 4th March 2023 (Sydney event) Health & Views February 2nd issue – By Dr harold Gunatillake Sunil C De Silva PREMIER NAMES 2023 MULTICULTURAL CHAMPIONS Vision Care opens newest branch at Medihelp Hospitals in Kelaniya Antonian Newsletter – December 2022 Where are the starving people?-By Dr harold Gunatillake Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 146 24 ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 11th January 2023 – 4th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “Tom T. Hall – Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine” – By Des Kelly Desmond De Silva – A True Friend and a Gentleman – by Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne – eLanka) Christian Medical College Vellore’s donation Northern Provincial Health Ministry India beats Sri Lanka by 91 runs; wins series 2-1 Dasun Shanaka inspires Sri Lanka leveller. But validity of Indian team selection under question – By TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE https://www.elanka.com.au/health-views-january-2nd-issue-by-dr-harold-gunatillake/ The dam that nurtures Uda Walawe – By MAHIL WIJESINGHE Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Renewable Energy Technologies – By Bhanuka – eLanka India complete Sri Lanka humiliation with little effort – By TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE MADANI MALWATHTHAGE NOBLE ERUDITE ACTRESS, IN ALL MEDIA AT PINNACLE OF CELEBRITY IN A SPARKLING ...

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A Film that charts New Vistas for Sri Lanka: Malwatu Oya Soyaa-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Uditha Devapriya, in Newswire, 19 October 2022, where the title reads “Factum Special Perspective: Culture as diplomacy in Sri Lanka” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi and the title rendered as a long aa The Malwatu Oya is the oldest and most important of the rivers in Sri Lanka. Its history is woven into the history of the country and its culture. Malwatu Oya Soya, in that respect, is a documentary not merely about the river, but the lives of the people and the society that it touched. Directed by one of Sri Lanka’s leading historians and intellectual voices, Malwatu Oya Soya made the rounds at several film festivals, in Pondicherry, Rome, and the Hague, winning awards and accolades at them all. It will have its first international screening on the 28th of ...

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A Film that charts New Vistas for Sri Lanka: Malwatu Oya Soyaa-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Uditha Devapriya, in Newswire, 19 October 2022, where the title reads “Factum Special Perspective: Culture as diplomacy in Sri Lanka” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi and the title rendered as a long aa The Malwatu Oya is the oldest and most important of the rivers in Sri Lanka. Its history is woven into the history of the country and its culture. Malwatu Oya Soya, in that respect, is a documentary not merely about the river, but the lives of the people and the society that it touched. Directed by one of Sri Lanka’s leading historians and intellectual voices, Malwatu Oya Soya made the rounds at several film festivals, in Pondicherry, Rome, and the Hague, winning awards and accolades at them all. It will have its first international screening on the 28th of ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 11th May 2022 – 4th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “PARADISE REGAINED” – by Des Kelly Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lankan PM resigns amid economic crisis ‘If Rajapaksas Don’t Go, There Could Be Violence in Lanka; Country Is Bankrupt; Poverty Over 50%’ Vale–Professor M .T.A Furkhan Unrest grows in Sri Lanka, despite Prime Minister Rajapaksa’s resignation over economic crisis State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka as strike halts country Sri Lanka Today – by Dr Harold Gunatillake Jonah Jones Collection – by Patrick Ranasinghe Celtic POTY 2022: Jacynta wins Celtic FC Women’s Player of the Year Award! The HMS Ceylon was built in Glasgow – by Des Kelly Raigampura Kalakaruwo is the first book on artistes of Raigam Koralaya-BY RAVINDRA WIJEWARDHANE A tale of grandeur and beauty-by SHALUKA MANCHANAYAKE AND GAYAN NARANDENIYA Because ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 22nd December 2021 – 7th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter CEYLON CHRISTMAS CHEER – by Des Kelly Christmas carols – an instrumental presentation by Shanti Hyacinth Senadeera Calling by Lucky Navaratne – Appreciation and a Tribute to all the De La Salle Christian Brothers Vale a true sporting legend of Sri Lanka and St Peters, our dear friend Royden De Silva – By Lawrence Machado Bonny an effervescent voyage in celebrity as a vocalist/entertainer for decades – by Sunil Thenabadu Bonny an effervescent voyage in celebrity as a vocalist/entertainer for decades – by Sunil Thenabadu All I want for Christmas…-By Somasiri Devendra AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2021 TASMANIAN TRAGEDY by Des Kelly Gas Maaru Pethi Choru by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 84 17 12 2021 Health ...

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