eLanka Newsletter – July 1st edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter 1959 All-Island Inter-school Basketball Championships : About the team, the coach and the Polka Dot Jerseys – From Doug Jones “FORBIDDEN FACTS” – By Des Kelly SRI LANKA NEWS – JUNE 2020 – by Victor Melder New age poetess: Shiroma Perera-Nathan – Story: Marie Pietersz (The Write Touch), Melbourne (Pictures: Shiroma P-N) Do you ignore symptoms of sickness and go to work? 31 TV Interview with Dr. Sam Sri Lankan Woman Creates History in Global Management Accounting Profession Silver Aisle Gifting – An Exclusive Gifting Service for All Occasions Health & Views –June 2020 – 3rd issue By Harold Gunatillake Sri Lanka’s Musical ‘Choon Paan’ Bread Trucks – By Zinara Rathnayake Sri Lankan Street Food by Dish (Sydney) – YOUR TASTE BUDS TOUR OF SRI LANKA ...

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 Sri Lanka’s Musical ‘Choon Paan’ Bread Trucks – By Zinara Rathnayake Source:BBC For years, the sound of Beethoven meant bread in Sri Lanka. Now, years after the island’s mobile bread vendors disappeared, they’re being revived to help during the pandemic. I was young when I first heard the music. It came from the earthen road outside where a man was selling bread from a tuk tuk. Unlike other colourful three-wheeled vehicles, the back of this one held a glass display cabinet piled high with neatly stacked baked goods. “It’s the choon paan man,” my father told me. ...

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