Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2021 The Gold Coast Buddhist Association Inc (GCBAI), also known as Gold Coast Buddhist Centre (GCBC), organised a multicultural event to celebrate Vesak (Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away) at the Robina Auditorium on Saturday, 29 May 2021. The overall ...

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George F Nell, Louis Nell, C. A. Lorenz,  James Alwis and Charles Ferdinands moving anti-clockwise Source:Thuppahis Preamble:[1] In locating the Burghers in ‘social space’ the book People Inbetween deploys statistical detail, text and quotation to place them within the Ceylonese middle class of British Ceylon.[2] The socio-political clout which accrued to the Burgher segment of ...

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Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2021 July is named after the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. In July, while the northern hemisphere enjoys mid- summer, the shortest day passed on 21 June, the southern hemisphere dreams of lengthening days, albeit cold. According to western tradition, July birthstone ...

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A most beautiful story, proving that animals are akin to humans, in so many ways. If a friendship happens between them, it doesn’t really matter how different their individual lifestyles are, the bond that is thereby created between them has to be seen, to be believed. Thank you, Charles Schokman, ...

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Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2021 In his own words, “Guy is the husband to Celestine, father to Elliott, has another bub on the way, and is the personal slave to two cats. When that unicorn known as spare time comes along, he likes to take ...

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