ONE DAY AT A TIME-A GOOD START FOR 2021   Look to this day: For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth, The glory of action, The splendor of achievement Are but ...

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Source:Dæhæna – Monthly e-Newsletter January 2021 “Mma Storm Warning is a thriller/romance fiction novel written by Sharon Sala under the pseudonym of Dinah McCall. It explores the journey of Virginia Shapiro as she tries to escape a mysterious invisible killer. She is the last alive in a class of seven ...

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Source:Dæhæna – Monthly e-Newsletter January 2021 Sri Lankan scientist Dr Danushka Kumara Wijesundara has been on the University of Queensland (UQ) team who were tasked to develop a coronavirus vaccine as a component of Australia’s response to target the COVID-19 pandemic. While it was unfortunate that the wide scale clinical ...

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Source:Dæhæna – Monthly e-Newsletter January 2021 The Dean of the Consular Corps in Queensland, and the Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Queensland, Anton Swan and his team hosted the annual Consular Corps dinner recently at the City Hall. It was attended by a range of VIPs including the Governor ...

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Source:Dæhæna – Monthly e-Newsletter January 2021 Thai Pongal is a uniquely Tamil festival as opposed to many other Hindu festivals that Tamils celebrate. Pongal is the only festival of the Hindus that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on January 14 every year. Pongal has astrological significance. It marks ...

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  Udawattakele Sanctuary, popularly known as “Udawattakele” is a historic forest reserve situated on a hill-ridge behind Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) in Kandy City. Udawattakele Sanctuary is also known as the Royal Forest Park. During the Kandyan Kingdom, Udawattakele Sanctuary was known as Uda Wasala Watta ...

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The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia) Source:Island It can be gauged from the Buddhist publications in and around 1880s that the ordinary Sinhalese were experiencing an acute sense of despair and disquiet that colonialism had brought about a social ...

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