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Aug 31, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 26th March 2023 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “BEAUTIFUL BAILA” – by Des Kelly Mevan Pieris author of “THE COMMUNITY” – A Historical Account of the ‘Mudaliyar class Goyigama Family Combine’– The book launch (Photos sent to eLanka by Mevan Pieris & Mr Joe Paiva) Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal honoured in Wisdens best team of the year – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor Melbourne) Will the elation be short lived? – By Aubrey Joachim British Council launches revamped UK agent and counsellor engagement platform – hosts successful interactive briefing for UK study visa agents in Sri Lanka SUNDAY CHOICE – What Does It Mean That Jesus Died For Me? – by Charles Schokman Eat more fibre- your doctor will recommend it. – By Dr harold Gunatillake Kaleidoscope with ...

Mar 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka on writing a good sex scene – By Benjamin Law Source : theage Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks to Shehan Karunatilaka. The Sri Lankan author, 47, won the Commonwealth Book Prize, DSC Prize and Gratiaen Prize for his 2010 debut novel, Chinaman. His second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, won last year’s Booker Prize. “I was a middle-class kid in Colombo who saw bodies on the road sometimes.” POLITICS The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is set in 1989, during the 1987-89 JVP insurrection, a period of Marxist armed revolt against the Sri Lankan government. You were almost a teenager at that time. What are your memories of the era? We lived with this idea of ...

Mar 25, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Karunatilaka’s Booker Prize Explorations of the Sri Lankan World-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Sam King in The Weekend Australian, 29 January 2023, where the title reads thus “Exploring the Boundaries” …. with highlighting emphasis imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi Don’t let Shehan Karunatilaka sell himself short. “Until a month ago, I was just a dude who wrote a cricket book in 2010,” he says. That cricket book was Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, declared one of the best cricket books of all time by cricketing authority Wisden. But it’s his latest effort, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Allen & Unwin) that has, in his words, changed everything.   ...

Feb 4, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 23rd October 2022 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “SIR TOM SINGS” – by Des Kelly As you get old – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Sri Lanka clip the wings of flying Dutchmen to enter Super 12’s. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor) Shehan Karunatilaka lands on the BOOKER ‘Moon’-by Michael Roberts The voice of Junker Queen – Leah de Niese – Australian-Sri Lankan actress and voice actor KANCHANAMALA (KANCHI) RANASINGHE-MULTIFACETED GENIUS HIGHLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL DOCTOR ,LECTURER,VOCALIST,CHARITY WORKER, DRAMTIST IN SINHABAHU AT PEAK OF CELEBRITY – BY SUNIL THENABADU Kaleiedoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 128 21 10 22 Dorawaka Ethubandi Cave – venture into Neolithic Era By Arundathie Abeysinghe New trends in making AI useable for non-tech people – By Aditya Abeysinghe Watch: Mendis fires Sri Lanka past Netherlands into T20 ...

Oct 23, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Kaleiedoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 128 21 10 22 You can’t miss out on what’s on Kaleidoscope today – Among all those special things are (in a nutshell): Shehan Karunatilaka’s days after the night before Apparel exports skyrocket to USD 451 Mn SL 64thin Hunger Index Coca Cola first to recycle large bottle Surviving the Big C Aluminum recycling Homing homes into tourism Oktoberfest at the Beach Free tickets to the Decades Party Enjoy ...

Oct 21, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Savithri Rodrigo Tagged , , ,
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Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins with supernatural satire-By Helen Bushby Source:BBC The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous Sri Lankan civil war, has won the Booker Prize. The Sri Lankan writer’s novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war. Camilla, the Queen Consort, presented the prize, and the author said it had been “an honour and a privilege” to be on the shortlist. Pop singer Dua Lipa was the star guest.   ...

Oct 20, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Shehan Karunatilaka lands on the BOOKER ‘Moon’-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Sarah Shaffi & Lucy Knight, in The Guardian, 18 October 2022, where the title reads thus: “Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker prize for fiction. The judges praised the “ambition of its scope, and the hilarious audacity of its narrative techniques”. Karunatilaka’s second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida comes more than a decade after his debut, Chinaman, which was published in 2011. The Booker-winning novel tells the story of the photographer of its title, who in 1990 wakes up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. With no idea who killed him, Maali has seven moons to contact the people he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos of civil war atrocities ...

Oct 19, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged ,
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Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Source : theguardian Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and praised its audacity and ambition The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker prize for fiction. The judges praised the “ambition of its scope, and the hilarious audacity of its narrative techniques”. Karunatilaka’s second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida comes more than a decade after his debut, Chinaman, which was published in 2011. The Booker-winning novel tells the story of the photographer of its title, who in 1990 wakes up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. With no idea who killed him, Maali has seven moons to contact the people he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos of civil war atrocities that will rock Sri ...

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Book(er) worth reading-BY VIMUKTHI SARACHCHANDRA Source:Sundayobserver Sri Lanka is making a global position. Sometime ago it had something to do with politics. Just recently the country sported two sport-related achievements. Sri Lanka once again became a known entity in the South Asian region. But most of us seem to have missed an equally important session. September is a feast for Sri Lanka’s literature enthusiasts. The enthusiasts include both literati and connoisseurs. Our own Shehan Karunatilaka has made it to the shortlist of Britain’s well known Booker award. Karunatilaka is not the first one to make it to Booker’s final shelf. Six authors, five countries, three independent publishers, three sophomore novels and the oldest-ever nominated author: there’s a huge amount to be said about the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist. Shehan Karunatilaka as the author of ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ talks about the legacy of the Sri Lanka’s battle against ...

Sep 19, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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