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The Mirror Magazine catches up with a young Australian reporter with Sri Lankan roots-by Duvindi Illankoon   Source:Sundaytimes Born in Australia to a Sri Lankan mother and Maltese father, young reporter Sharnelle Vella, says her Sri Lankan roots were very much a part of her growing up. “My link to Sri Lanka was strongly instilled in me from a young age,” she explains over an email interview. Sharnelle currently works as a reporter for Australia’s Ten Eyewitness News programme, broadcast by Channel Ten. It has been a long, hard road to get to where she is now, she says while sharing her experience with the Mirror Magazine “I first visited Sri Lanka when I was just five years old and have made frequent trips since. I do still have family that live there and the times I spent in Sri Lanka especially as a child are some of my fondest memories ...