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Visiting Galle – By Randika Jayakody & Jerome Perera Source : Dæhæna – March 2024 Galle always evokes a deep sense of history and an unparalleled sense of multiculturalism. Image Source : diamondpaintkit Source : Dæhæna – March 2024 As the formerly primary trading city of Sri Lanka, it is a place that is confident in its identity and its past. Compared to its younger and more recently glamorous city of Colombo, Galle appears to be almost stately in its character. As we stared out over the ramparts of the ancient Galle Fort, built by enslaved Afro Ceylonese people, we were overcome with the weight of multicultural history in this place. Walking across the beaches of Galle, we wondered how many ancient peoples from around the world set foot on these same sandy shores and stared across the churning ocean, before finally turning back and deciding to settle in this place. An ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged beaches of Galle, city of Sri Lanka, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, Visiting Galle

Book Review: All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy – By George Somasundaram Image Source : facebook Source : Dæhæna – March 2024 Anuradha Roy, the author of “All the Lives we never lived” is a successful Indian novelist. This book is her fourth (published in 2018) hot on the heels of the highly acclaimed “Sleeping on Jupiter”. She and husband Rukun Advani reside in Ranikhet, in the foothills of the Himalayas, having founded “Permanent Black”, a publishing company focused on academic literature. ‘In my childhood, I was known as the boy whose mother had run-off with an Englishman. The man was in fact a German, but in a small town in India in those days, all white foreigners were largely thought to be British’. Thus begins “All the Lives we never lived”, set around the time of the fight for Indian Independence and World War 2. The beautifully written ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Anuradha Roy, Indian novelist, Indian novels, Rukun Advani, Sleeping on Jupiter, WORLD WAR 2

Clean Up Australia Day Image Source : facebook Source : Dæhæna – March 2024 Clean Up Australia Day was first held in January 1989. The idea developed from an Australian Bicentenary event, “Clean-Up Lake Macquarie”, which was instigated in 1987 by Ivan Welsh as Mayor of Lake Macquarie. Then followed the local “Clean Up Sydney Harbour” event in 1989, organised by Ian Kiernan and Kim McKay, with more than 40,000 volunteers who collected approximately 5,000 tonnes of rubbish. The 1990 Clean Up Australia Day event was launched by the then prime minister, Bob Hawke. Clean Up Australia has evolved into an organisation that works with community,government and businesses to “provide practical solutions to help Australians all live more sustainably every day of the year.” Today, the organisation’s focuses are equal in preventing new rubbish from entering the environment as well as removing what rubbish is already present. “The Rubbish Report” is produced ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Australians, Clean Up Australia Day, Sydney Harbour

The Message of Easter – By Nilan James Source : Dæhæna – March 2024 Easter is the most important religious festival for Christians. It celebrates Jesus’ victory over death. It defines the beginning and the foundation of Christianity. For Christians, the resurrection is an important treasure. It’s also a great love story. Jesus did not come into the world simply to suffer and die. He came to bring God’s message of unconditional love The Resurrection of Jesus takes us beyond the Cross to the joy and hope that comes from seeing the Risen Lord. Christ risen allowed us to know that there is a future for every human being and that our cry for unending life is indeed answered in Him. This is the true message of Easter! We also have gives us a new sense of certitude, even if when it is very difficult in our lives, even if ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Christianity, Christians, Easter, festival for Christians, God’s message, Jesus, Nilan James

VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024 BOOKS. Glenroy Township, A Local History of the Small Township of Glenroy by Judy Archer, 2024. MAGAZINES. The ‘Ceylankan’ – Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, Journal 105, Vol 27, No 1, February 2024. NEWSLETTERS Newsletter, Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 42, Issue 1, January 2024. ‘Silverscene’, Newsletter, Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld, January / February 2024 ‘Thomiana’, Newsletter, S. Thomas’ College Old Boys Association, Australia Branch Inc, ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Ceylon Society of Australia, LIBRARY, MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS., sri Lankan Library

England battered and bruised against India owing to suspicious DRS reviews – by Sunil Thenabadu The accuracy of the Decision Review System (DRS) has been one of the major talking points in the ongoing IND vs ENG Test series. Visiting captain Ben Stokes had on a huge suspicion already questioned the accuracy of the technology of the DRS after suffering the biggest-ever defeat against India in Rajkot. Coming to Ranchi, the English camp was adamant to win but dealt with another shocker when former captain Joe Root was given out in the second innings on Sunday. leg before wicket to Ashwin. England began their second essay with a 46-run lead but it turned out to be challenging for them to battle against India’s three prong spin attack of Jadeja, Kuladeep and Ravichandran Ashwin, the latter having produced a couple of early breakthroughs, removing Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope on consecutive deliveries. He ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Decision Review System, Joe Root, Michael Vaughan, Rohit Sharma, Ultra Edge

Sabbath Rest – By Lakshman Navaratne TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE. “The Sabbath was made for man, Mark 2:27, “And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” The Absolute rest for the human soul is Redemption! This is the greatest and the only Miracle, a human shall participate on planet earth! Scripture says: “many are called, only a few shall be chosen”. Scripture also says; Matthew 7:13, “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14] Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” The KEY to enter, and the gate is “Jesus”, and is hidden in the 66 books of the Bible. If a human is not redeemed, during this life on earth, the destiny of that soul ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Lakshman Navaratne Tagged human soul, Lakshman Navaratne, Miracle, Sabbath, Sabbath Rest

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (FEBRUARY 2024) Compiled by Victor Melder Bangladesh will play two World Test Championship (WTC) matches against Sri Lanka in Sylhet and Chattogram in March. It will be the first time since they started playing at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, that Bangladesh won’t play at that ground in a Test series, as the venue will be busy hosting the Australian women’s side at the end of March. Sri Lanka will arrive in Dhaka on March 1, the same day as the BPL final, at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. They will play three T20Is in Sylhet on March 4, 6 and 9. The first two matches are scheduled to start from 6:00pm local time, while the third game is from 3:00pm. The teams will then move to Chattogram to play the three-match ODI series, on March 13, 15 and 18. The first two ODIs ...

Feb 29, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Australian First Class Cricketers, BPL, Cricket News, Sri Lanka, SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS, The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee, World Test Championship

Ajith C S Perera Health Unit Opening Ceremon Welcome Speech by Miss Iniya – Sinhala Welcome Speech by Miss Iniya- Tamil Welcome Speech by Miss Iniya – English Special Speech on the Project By Mr S.Skandakumar Special Speech by Mr R . Gnanasekaran Special Speech by Ms Deepthi Guneratne Video on the Opening Ceremony ...

Feb 28, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Ajith C S Perera Health Unit Opening Ceremon