Dæhæna - Monthly e-Newsletter October 2020 Volume 15 Issue 10 Volume 1, Issue 1 Radio 4EB Sri Lankan Group Web Address: https://4ebsrilankan.wordpress.com/ Contact: [email protected] The Significance of Katina Robe Offering Celebrating Older Persons and Grandparents The month of October is important to Buddhists all over the world The month of October marks two days to celebrate the senior citizens. as it is the time for annual Katina Robe Offering Ceremony in tem- The United Nations International Day for Older Persons (UNIDOP) ples. It is a practice since Buddha’s days for the Buddhist Monks to falls on 1 October while the last Sunday of each year is the Australian observe a three-month seclusion period starting from the month of Grandparents Day (AGD). July, and conduct special Dhamma programs including meditation Globally, there were 703 million persons aged 65 or over in 2019. Over retreats in Buddhist temples. The culmination of this special period the next three decades, the number of older persons worldwide is pro- is all lay devotees getting together and offering monastics gifts such jected to more than double, reaching more than 1.5 billion persons in as robes and alms. This year in Brisbane, the Katina ceremonies in 2050. All regions will see an increase in the size of the older population Forest Lake and Goodna temples have been scheduled to be held between 2019 and 2050. on the last week of October and first week of November, respec- tively. This year (2020) marks the 30th anniver- The tradition and the sary of the UNIDOP. Considering the manner of holding far higher risks faced by the older per- these events has sons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, evolved gradually over the policies are to be targeted to raising the years. But it is the awareness of their special needs. practice in most tem- In Queensland, Grandparents Day is ples for a group of lay celebrated on the last Sunday of October people to get together each year. It is a day to recognise the special role played by the grand- to form a team parents and their contribution they make to their families and commu- (Katina Group) and nities. sponsor special religious functions such as Dhamma Talks, Pujas in consultation with the venerable monks of the temple. In addition to Grandparents Day is a chance for grandchildren, children and the com- the spiritual practices, the Katina Group also prepares and carries munity to thank grandparents for their love and support out special tasks in the temple such as cleaning the premises, and Courtesy: https://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/international-day-of-older-persons- upgrading and maintaining the existing buildings. Most members of homepage/2020unidop.html Katina Group take part themselves in these events and encourage https://www.qld.gov.au/seniors/recreation-staying-connected/events-awards/grandparents- their friends and relatives to join them. At the end of the 3-month day period, a Pirith Ceremony at night, followed by a Dana Ceremony (alms giving) next day, is organised. Specially prepared Katina Robe Inside this issue: is offered before the commencement of the alms-giving function. For these ceremonies, usually all the monks and nuns in neighbour- ing temples are invited and most lay people make it a point to par- News Digest: September 2020 2 ticipate at least in these final ceremonies annually and share merits. පදයක වණ, App of the Month, Raigam Tele’es 3 Lay people offer robes, alms and all other needs for the regular maintenance of the temple. Dinesh Palipana Graduates as a Lawyer, Book Launch 4 In Buddhist texts it is stated that the Katina robe offering is one of Teaching Mother Languages 5 the highest offerings and the most meritorious of skilful deeds. Furthermore, because of these annual ceremonies, the close symbi- රසකතා: මහා කǒ තතොටගතේ ශ්රී, රාල න හා 6 otic relationship between the monastics and the laity is further ce- පත න් නිවන් ුව, Tony Opatha Passes Away mented. The continuation of the Buddha Sasana very much de- 7 pends upon the upholding of the Buddha’s teachings (Dhamma) Book Review, Ex Servicemen’s Association Office Bearers, and discipline (Vinaya) by both the monastic and the lay communi- Morris Wijesinghe Passes Away 8 ties. Where they are Now..., Stories behind the Names of Sri The Annual Katina Ceremony is undoubtedly helping to achieve Lanka, Tennyson Cooray Passes Away 9 these supreme goals. Nudge: How Behavioural Economics Can Shape Your Deci- Donald Gunatillake sions 10 Donald Gunatillake is a retired Civil Engineer who is keen in Brisbane Events 11 studying Buddhism. Brisbane Events Calendar, Things to Do, Program Schedule 12 Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 2 Monthly News Digest: September 2020 2 01 John Keells Holdings ranked ’s Most Respected Entity for https://island.lk/john-keells-holdings-ranked-sri-lankas- a record 15th year most-respected-entity-for-a-record-15th-year/ 02 Senior Prof. Nilanthi de Silva new VC of Kelaniya University https://island.lk/senior-prof-nilanthi-de-silva-new-vc-of- kelaniya-university/ 07 Dr. Palitha Kohona to be appointed Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67038/dr-palitha- China kohona-appointed-sri-lankas-ambassador-to-china 09 Members appointed to Committee on High Posts http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67087/members- appointed-to-committee-on-high-posts 08 Construction of new buildings for Govt. institutions halted for two http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/construction-of-new- years buildings-for-govt-institutions-halted-for-two-years/ 09 Pandemonium as Premalal is sworn in http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/front_page/Pandemoni um-as-premalal-is-sworn-in/238-195485 09 President calls for immediate rehabilitation of 5,000 tanks http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67110/president-calls- for-immediate-rehabilitation-of-5000-tanks 10 Sri Lanka receives two WHO Awards https://www.newsradio.lk/local/sri-lanka-receives-two- who-awards/ 14 12 new High Court Judges appointed http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67216/12-new-high- court-judges-appointed 20 Falan Andrea becomes new Derana Dream Star http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67361/falan-andrea- becomes-new-derana-dream-star 22 Prof. Charitha Herath appointed COPE chairman http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67426/prof-charitha- herath-appointed-cope-chairman 22 Draft Bill of 20A tabled in Parliament amidst protests http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67417/draft-bill-of-20a- tabled-in-parliament-amidst-protests 23 Prof. Tissa Vitharana appointed COPA chairman http://www.adaderana.lk/news/67456/prof-tissa- vitharana-appointed-copa-chairman 30 Cattle slaughter banned, Beef imports allowed http://www.dailynews.lk/2020/09/30/local/230177/cattl e-slaughter-banned-beef-imports-allowed

Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 3 3 පදයක වණ: මමෝᇒ엓මේ බැම Raigam Tele'es 2019 Wajira Jayawardana Hosts Rai- රාත්රීර කානතී ම මහමග ම දන්න්හට නෙතවහවා යෙ ප පෙවතසහ තමිගේත The 16th Raigam Tele gam Tele’es අවතාරය නා㶂තේය සමාජතී වඩාත් ප්රදචලිතත 姀වන්. ස㶂හන ජහශ්රැෙතිය ය ළ Awards ceremony was held මර්ඝ කානයක සට පෙවතතහ තමිගේ පිᗒවද කතා퇔වත්වනට සවන් මමට recently. The Award Cere- ඇතෙතමේ ප්රිසයතාවේ දේවතිය . ඇතෙතමේ එම燒න් �යට පත්තවතිය . තකතසේ mony was scheduled to be ǔවද තමිගේ පිᗒවද ස㶂කල්පතී ප්රදභවවය හා භවාǒතය ස්බවන්යතයන් held on 21 March 2020, but ජහතාව ළ පවතිය නුතී අල්පාවතවියයන්. delayed due to COVID-19 තමිගේ යනු ‘තමිහහ’ යහ පදතී ස්ත්රීර ිත㶂ගාර්යය ප. ‘තමිහහ’ යහ pandemic. පදතයන් අර්යවත් වනුතී සත් වසගǓම, නා Ǔම තහි එේ 퇔뷊ගනතය槔 In the best award category, ǒසන් තවත් 퇔뷊ගනතය槔ත මහස න්සය්බ තමතහයǓමකට නේ න්මන්. Raigam Tele'es Award for එය මතහිǒදාාත්මක කණේ වහ අතර ‘තමිගේ’ යහ තයදුම the best teledrama actor was ‘ආකර්ෂණය නවන්ගේ’ වෙනි අතන්න් තයතදන්හන්. නූතහතී පවා won by Ananda Kumara A key host of Raigam Tele’es this ද槔귔 ඉන් මය ජහ සමාජතී තමය 퇔뷊ගන හාමයේ තනස භවාǒත තකතර්. Unnehe and best teledrama year was the popular presenter Wa- actress was . නා㶂තේය සමාජතී අපට අසන්හට නෙතවහ තමිගේ ුදු සායන්න් jira Jayawardana who is the host of In popular award category, සෙරී දතව槔 වඩාතගහ සටිහ ස්ත්රිහයන්. ඇය දර්ශහය වහවා යෙ ප Kavi 10ta Gee 10. Raween Kanishka won the පෙවතසන්තන් රාත්රීර කානතී මහමග තනිව ගමන් ගන්හා 퇔ෂ පන්ට most popular actor award පම귒. තම සමාජǒදාාත්මක හා මතහිǒදාාත්මක භවාǒතය අවතවිය Wajira contributes his segment for the second consecutive “Muthu Etayaka Kathawak” to කර ගෙගේම සදහා තමිගේ පිᗒවද උත්පත්තිය කතාව දප්රදතයිජහවත් තේ. time. Meanwhile Shalani Sandella program twice a month. ද槔귔 ඉන් මය ජහශ්රැෙතිය යකට අනුව අතයතතී එේ තණ ස්ත්රිහයේ Tharaka won the most 퇔ෂ පන් අතිය න් සහ දූෂණයකට නේව ඝාතහය Ǔතියතේ. පුව ඇයත popular actress award, breaking 24 year old record for winning both සර පාᗔ වහ තපතදසක රහසගතව ව දමා ඇත. තවොතහි කනකට awards at the same time. The Prathibha Prabha award was given to පුව එම ප්රදත뷊ශතී වගා කටුතත්තේ ආර්බභව ක තණතයේ �්බ the veteran filmmaker, Sumitra Peries. Two more special awards සෙකී්බ සදු කර뷊 ම තපොත ොතවන් මළපිටට රළ 쇒රය පෙ ණතියතේ. were given to veteran musician Manoj Peries and veteran actress පුව එම 쇒රය සරේ වවට පත් Ǔ දතව槔 ද අතිය න් තගහ තණයාට Leonie Kotelawala. Meanwhile, Himali Sayurangi won Special Ap- තමන්ව භවාර ගන්හා තනස පවසා තිය තේ. ඇතේබ කතාවකට අනුව ඇය එම preciation Award due to being nominated three consecutive times තණයාව ඝාතහය කර තිය තේ. තමය ඉන්දියානු සාතාය පිᗒවදව මා for the Best Actress Award category. ǒසන් සදු තකණ පශ්චලා뷊 උපා쇒 අයායහතී ම එේ ැසස් ක දත්ත අතර Full list of award winners is found at: පෙවතිය ජහශ්රැෙතිය. යන් ත්බ පිᗒවද තවත් තවහස් කතා 퇔වත් පෙවතිය යහෙන්ය. https://www.gossiplankanews.com/2020/09/2019-award-winners- තමම ජහශ්රැෙතිය ය තණ පන්ත සමාජ චලර්යාව සහ මතහිභවාවයන් සමග raigam-tele-es.html#more ඍ觔 හා වක්රැ ස්බවන්යතාවේ තපන්නු්බ කරප. තාණායට එ ීමමත් සමග ǒ뷊ය ිත㶂燒ක පන් තකතර ආකර්ෂණයේ ඇතිය වහ තණ Courtesy: Wikipedia.org and Gossiplankanews.com ත귒යන් එන්තහකා අතර ඇතිය කරගන්හා සවදතාවන් අවසාහය කා පක සවදතාවේ දේවා ගමන් කර ප. එ ම තමන් අයත් වහ සමාජ සා㶂ස්කෘතිය ක වටාපිටාව අනුව 퇔뷊ගන හෙස්බ පානහය තහොǔව තහොත් ත귒යන්ට අහවශා ගෙේ ගෙගේ්බ හා ද උපත්වනට ල ණ මමට සදු තේ. අතහේ අතට තණ පන් ǒසන් ත귒යන් තකතර සය වනය තයොදවා සමාජ ǒතරි쇓 ක්රිනයාවනට තයො Ǔමට ඉඩ තිය තේ. තමිගේ දර්ශහය Ǔම තණ සතත් ජනිත වහ මතහිභවාවයේ ǒය හෙන්ය. එම燒න් ǒ뷊ය ිත㶂燒ක පන් තකතර ආකර්ෂණය Ǔමට මහස ූදාහ්බ වව ස㶂තේතවත් තේ. තමිගේත අවතාරය දුටු තණ පන්ට වහාම ǒවාහයේ කර තදහ තනසට පෙර귒 ජහ සමාජතී මතයේ නිර්මාණය 姀තී තමම සමාජ හා මතහිǒදාාත්මක පදහම පිᗒවද පෙැසන්හන් ළ පෙවතිය අවතවියය නිසා ǒය ුතළය. 엒ම විමේි තේරාතද귒ය ǒශ්ව ǒදාානතජාෂ්ක ක槏කාචලාර්යවරතයේ වහ නිමල් ǒතේස, ත්බ දිහවන Queensland University of Tech- nology ආයතහතී ආචලාර්ය උපා쇒යේ හදාර ප.

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The author and his wife Swarna presenting the book to Ven Sitinamaluwe Sugathasara thero. Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 5 5 Teaching Mother Languages Basically, people living outside their motherland have to pay atten- tion to improve both Sinhala and Tamil languages as second lan- The United Nations organisation has declared the 21st of February as guages because the third generation of children is pursuing studies the International Mother Language Day to inspire over 6000 Mother in English language in Australia. Thus, teachers must practice sec- Languages used by half of the world population. ond language skills when they attempt to teach the third and fourth Since February 2000, UNESCO and other international organizations generations of both Sinhala and Tamil origin children. have celebrated the International Mother Language Day with a multi- The second language skills mean teachers have to improve children's tude of programs related to culture and language to promote family listening qualities because listening is a key proficiency which is used values within the native speakers. to get more information through communication; secondly, they In Sri Lanka, Sinhala and Tamil are the two have to improve speaking skills, thirdly the reading skills and finally mother languages. Over 17 million people use they should improve the writing skills for students. Sinhala as the first language and nearly 2 mil- Still, it is observed that in many Sinhala and Tamil language schools lion people use Sinhala as a second language. in Australia as well as other countries, the lessons are mainly deliv- In addition, members of Sri Lankan diaspora, ered in Sri Lankan style as first language education practice. This is a mainly in Australia, UK, Italy, USA, Canada challenge for the third/fourth generations who undertake 80-90% and the Middle East, also use Sinhala as a of their education in English language. It appears hard to absorb the second language. language required for informal communication in an interesting way. Tamil, the second main language of Sri Lanka, is used by approxi- Many parents, as well as teachers, use various methods to communi- mately 2.5 million people, especially in the North, East and the Central cate their mother tongue. Unfortunately, the younger generation part of the country. Tamil native speakers are around 65 - 70 million prefers to reply in English due to the teaching methods used with- worldwide, predominantly in USA, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Fiji, out the basic understanding of the second language abilities. Mauritius, Canada, UK, Norway, and Australia. Use of modern second language teaching and learning techniques Hence, members of the Sri Lankan diaspora worldwide have to inspire and online tools and resources such as video lessons, news items, their second and third generations to use their mother tongue to com- small stories, cartoons and paper articles to improve listening, read- municate within the members of their families, relatives in the mother- ing, speaking and writing skills, by both parents and teachers will land as well as members of the diaspora living nearby and in other improve language skills in their students and children. countries. Australia is significant as the biggest Sinhala speaking com- munity outside Sri Lanka. Australia is a country that has given great Nimal Bandara importance to multiculturalism and the use of mother tongue because Australia believes that society is enriched by multiculturalism. There- fore, governments at all levels have allocated funds and resources to Mr. Bandara is a senior Sri Lanka Foreign Service professional improve those cultural heritages among ethnic groups. who is currently at the Consulate General Office in Sydney.

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Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 6 තේදිකාව,  ම තිය, රය 퇔㶂臒 තිය, රය එතහම හෙත්හ්බ කǒයේ, 燓තයේ, ඇළᗔ තග ප සටි රාල න , එසෙනින් ග්ර්න්යය එප뷊තදන්ම 퇔ස්තකො 6 - තකටි කතාවේ, හව කතාවේ වෙනි කනා කෘතිය යේ නිර්මාණකරණතී ම පත් වන පිටපත් කරතගහ තිය �귒. හවහ ǒǒයාකාර姀 රසවත් ස뷊쇓න් එමට ප. තමම කතා වහ අහ දෙහගන්හ, තවදා හදාගන්හ, ම㶂 දන්හවා කනාකා අපි හෙතමිම තතොටගතේ ශ්රී, රාල න  යන් සළ姀 තමම ස්මරණ ශේතිය ය ǒශ්මයජහක කෙමෙත්තේ, 臒කත්වයේ දේවහවා න්යන. තකිතන්ම තහො槓වට, අපි එකේම ǒය. ඒ පිᗒවඳ සඳහන් වහ එේ ජහප්රදවාදයන් ත්බ. කǔ කǔත් gossip අහන්හත් මහාප ප තන්. Ǔදාගම හා යන් තවදකමට තමන්ම යන්ත්රන මන්ත්රන ක්බවනටද අතිය - දේෂය槔 ǒය. මතක ශේතිය ය වර්යහයට වත ම, එය තහොහෙී ඔව දන්හා, අපි තහොදන්හ, තිය රය පවත්වාගෙගේමට හෙන්姀, වටිහා ඖෂ쇓ය තතනයේ එළමා සළව තිය �귔 පිටිපස්තසේ ඇතිය වහ රසවත් ස뷊쇓න්, තවදා වව එකන ප්රදස뷊ය ǒය. දිව ගෑ සෙ귒න් මතකය වඩවහ ත්බ වනගළ හදා ගෙගේත්බ උත්සාහයේ හෙටියට තමම තතනය, එළමන් ǒසන් දිහකට අශ්ව තකන්දක දෙවතටහ ප්රදමාණයක තකොනම ඔවට ǒවෘත ප. සමහර තවනාවට තතල් ක췔 ේ දිව ගා පහරණය කර ඇත. හා ත ප්රදයාහ තගිනයාǔ ත්බ අතතර් ඉතා අනුතේදනිය姀, දුේු ස රහල්  යන්ද තමය දෙහ සටිතීය. Ǔදාගම හා යන් තමම වනගළ කතා වහත් තිය තයහවා. කතාතේ ණ ඖෂ쇓ය තතනය අල්මායක දමා යළනා ඉතා ුරේ৒තව තවාතගහ ගෙතහහ, ඒ කාටවත් උපහාසයේ, සටිතීය. දිහේ Ǔදාගම හා තයි දාහයකට වෙඩියහ. හත් අපහාසයේ තහොවහ ǒ쇒යට, අපි ිතය. අල්මාතී යළර තගහයාමට අමතක ǒය. අවස්යාතවන් ප්රදතයොජහ ගත් අප රාල න  තයි, එේ තතල් �췔වක තමතර්බ වන තිය තේ හ්බ තතල් මහා කවි ම ොටගමේ ශ්රීන හාල න හාᇒ තවිතනයම �ේතවොත් 槔මේතේදෙ ප 槔ල ිතන් ුතළව, න්සතව槔 ǒහාරතී හෙතිය අල්න පහල්තල් තතල් තවිතනතයන් අඩේ පමණ පාහය කතිය. මහත් වනගළ姀 එම ඖෂ쇓ය තතනය පාහය ක සෙනින්, රහල්  සර්ජා ǒය. පන්සතල් ආවාස ශ්රී, නා㶂තේය ගදාය/පදාය සාතාය ඉතිය හාසය ǒමසා වෙීමත්බ ම, ස㶂හන තග ප ුරතනයට ඇතිය කරහ ස්බභවාවා සාතාතී ස්වර්ණමය ුතගය තනස අǒවාදතයන් 燒රතවන්. රහල්  යන් අතිය න් පිᗒගෙතහන්තන් තකිට්තට් සාතාය ුතගය. ප තකිට්තට් ුතගතී �ǔ귔 සදු姀 අත් වෙැස뷊ද දුටු 燒රවා, ǒශිෂ්ට සාතායරයන් අතන් 'ෂඩ් භවාෂා පරත්බශ්වර' යහ ග දාහයට වෙඩි Ǔදාගම  තයි හ්බ�හාමතයන් පිදු්බනත් තතොටගතේ ශ්රී, රාල න හාමය, සදා අමර귓යය. තසොයා හඹා 燒තීය. පතරǒ ස㶂ත뷊ශය, සෙ ිත귒 ස㶂ත뷊ශය උන්වහන්තසත නිසර්ග කǓත්වයට නිදුන්ය. ඊට අමතරව කාවාතශේරරය, ප㶂චලසකා ප්රද මපය, තතල් �නා තතොටගතේ ම ා, �뷊쇒ේපසාදනි යහ පදා සායහ ීකකාවත් උන්වහන්තසේත ǒසන් ර臒ත තතල් �නා තතොටගතේ ම ා” ǒශිෂ්ට නිර්මාණයන් තේ. තතොටගතේ ශ්රී, රාල න යතිය වරයාණන් හා යෙ ප 燒රවා ැසතගහ ආ වෙ췔귔, කාවාය, ගදාය නිර්මාණකරණයට පවාරව එළමන් සළ姀 ප귒ǔඩය ඇූ Ǔදාගම  තයි ුǒතශේ৓ 槔සනතාවන්, දස්ක්බ පිᗒවඳ 퇔හරාවර්ජහය න්මට ප, ඔව සදුව ඇතිය ත뷊 වටහාගත්තතිය. මතකය අවදි න්මට ප, ත්බ උත්සාහය. තමම සෙර ඖෂ쇓ය තතනය රාල න  槔ඩා කන, මහණǓමට තපර, හදා වඩා ගනු නෙ�තේ එවකට වෙඩි මාත්රනාවේ ශරගතǓම තකිට්තට් රාජාය පානහය ක හයවහ පරාක්රැමවාල ර觔 ǒසනි. පුව තහේළතවන්, ඇතිය Ǔ තිය තවහ පෙǒදි දිǒයට එ ෙඹි ශ්රී, රාල න  යන්ත වරයා 姀තී Ǔදාගම ආසාදහතයන්, රාල න  යන් හා යන්ය. රාල න  පුව   යන්ටත් වඩා දේෂය槔 姀 වව ුවපත්න්ම ඉතා අපහු ප්රදකටය. රාල න  යන් ගෙහත් Ǔදාගම හා  යන් ගෙහත්(තගින) කායේවව Ǔදාගම  යන්ට තගතය ඇතිය කතා රාශියේ ජහප්රදවාදතී පවතය. වෙට귒. ඒ සඳහා ිතක වශතයන් මේන් ǒශාන ප්රදමාණයේ අවශාතේ. වහ වහා ක්රිනයාත්මක姀 Ǔදාගම  තයි, ඒ තවතල්ම තම තගිනයන් 퇔ස්තකො -තපොත් පිටපත් න්ම ග්බදහේ, සතර දි භවාගතීම පිටත්කර හෙතී මේ න් එකළන්මටය. යනු කනාවන්. එය මාස ගණහේ අද තමන් තහොව එදවස සනක ǒු මේවහට, මේන් යහ න් තිය ස්තසේ අමාතවන් 퇔දු 퇔ල귔 තිය �තහ පන්, ඉතා තකටි කානයන්න් තවතහත් ඔවේ පිතරන්හට මේන් ǒය ුතළය. 퇔ස්තකො -තපොත් එකළකර ගත හෙන් ǒය. පුව, මේන් පිර姀 තවතහත් ඔවක රාල න  ිතǓත්බ කාර්යතී රාල න  තයි දිහ ගහණේ යහළ 燒ල්වා තහොතය槔ත් ප්රදතිය කාර න්තමන්, තවොහ නද අතිය -දේෂතයේ ǒය. වතරක තතතන දාහය සමහය කත ේ ය ප ජහවහතර් සඳහන්තේ. වෙඩි මාත්රනාවේ චලන්ද්ර භවාරතය හ්බ ප䧀වරතයේ ශරගතǓතමන් ඇතිය 姀, තමම වනගළ තතනතී ඖෂ쇓ය ශේතිය ය ඉන්දියාතේ මගය ත뷊ශතී සට තහේළතවන්, රාල න  ත මතක ශේතිය ය අසාමාහා තනස වර්යහයǓමට Ǔදාගම  යන් වෙහෙදේහට වත ම, යාරණ ශේතිය යද ඒ හා සමාහවම වෙඩිදිුත귔Ǔමට තහේළකාරක姀 පෙ 귒තී, Ǔදාගම  ඟ හෙතිය වව ǒශ්වාස තකතර්. තපොතේ තමා ඟ ඇතිය වවට 퇔රසාර්බ තදොඩන්හට ǒය. තමම රාල න  යන්ත අවසාහ සමය අප්රදකටය. හයවහ පෙර槔්බවා ර觔ත තදඩǒල්න තම ǒදාාතහය දිය귒ය姀 උන槔ඩය ත뷊ǒයට නෙ�귔 퇔ත්රනයා ර觔ත ඇවෑතමන් ජයවාල උපහාසයට නේන්ත්බ හ න් රජǔවද, ස퇔මල් 槔මාරයා පුව ඔල ඝාතහය කර සහුහ උත්සාහයේ වෙේ තත්්බගත් නවාගත්තත්ය. ස퇔මල් 槔ම ළන්වරේ ම ජයවාල ඝාතහය න්මට Ǔදාගම  තයි, සාමතේර තෙත්ක අතර රාල න  ඒ ඝාතහ 槔මන්ත්රනණයන් ළහම වෙ ෙේ 姀  හමේ අමතා වහා එම තපොත තම තපොත්තල් තිය තේදෙ ප වනහ තනස හත් සේවහවර උන්වහන්තසේට ජයවාල තේරා ගෙගේමට තහොහෙන්ǒය. 槓හ. ඒ සමගම රාල න  යන්ට ය්බ ස㶂ඥාවේ කත ේ ප䧀ළමාට තම පන්, මහත්තසේ කනන්මට සහ තශිකයට පත් එළමා, සය දිǒතී තහොදෙතහන්හටය. ඉන්පු Ǔදාගම  තයි, එතසේ තපොතේ තිය තේහ්බ අවසන් කානය නිහඬව, ල දකනාතේ වහගතව වෙඩ ǒුතවිය. එය න සට න්යවන්හෙ ප චලන්ද්ර භවාරතය ප䧀වරයාට නියම කත ේය. තම අපවත්Ǔතමන් පුව, උන්වහන්තසේත ශ්රී, ත뷊හය, ඖෂය හා මන්ත්රන හවතම 퇔ස්තකය姀 'භවේතිය ශතකය' තපොත න්යවා හමාර ක ප䧀ළමා, වනතයන් තහොදිරා පෙවළ귔 ත뷊හය, 1552 වර්ෂතී ම පෘළ燓ීන් ǒසන් ත්බ තපොත ඔව ඟ තිය තේහ්බ ඉදිපත් කරන්හෙ ප මහත්姀 උජාතවන් ඉන්දියාතේ තගිතේ හගරයට තගහයහ නද වව ජහප්රදවාදතය සඳහන් ǒමසා සටිතීය. තව .ප වර්තමාහතී , තගිතේ "තේු ජන්ම වෙසිතකා" පල්ිතතය 16 ප䧀වරයා තපොත න්යවා අවසන්වහවාත් සමගම, තපොත තසǓමට 燒ය වෙනි ශතවර්ෂතී ǒූ ශාන්ත තසේǒයර් පියළමාත ය ප ǒශ්වාස තකතරහ සාමතණර හම පෙ ණ, “තනො槔 හාදුවතන්..., 퇔ස්තකො -පිටු, කᗔ ත뷊හයේ තිය. තේ තවදුරටත් දිරාපත් තහොǓ පවතිය හ එම ත뷊හය, ප්රදෙන්ීස් තහොමෙද퇔 තපොතේ හ්බ තිය යහවා” න්යා හා යන්ට දෙනු්බ දුන්තන්ය. තසǒයර් ශාන්ළවරයාත තහොව ස රහල්  යන්ත ත뷊හය වවට තමා ිතයූ එකම අත්පිටපත පමණේ තමා නඟ තිය තය뷊දි, තවත් තපොතේ අදටත් තර්ක ǒතර්ක පවතය. Ǔදාගම  යන්ත තපොත්තල් තිය තවන්තන් තකතසේදෙ පචලන්ද්රභවාරතය සමන්ම 燔ණහ뗊හ 퇔දුම ǔතීය. තමම තදවෙනි තපොත රහල්  යන්ත වෙඩන්. ප䧀වරයා එᗒතී සට ග්ර්න්යතී අන්තර්ගතය Ǔදාගම  ට ǒස්තර කරණ අතරළර, Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 7 7 ප න් 엒වන් ුව Former Cricketer Tony Opatha Passes Away ව අග හසැසිත සත ළ හෙත්හ්බ A former Sri Lankan (ODI) cricketer Tony වදහක දු වව හද ළ හෙත්හ්බ Opatha passed away on 11 September. අනුහතග දිුත귔ව උල නන් හෙත්හ්බ He was born on August 5, 1947, in Colombo. The right-arm medium නිවන් නවන්හට තකොතහතදි වත්ක්බ pace bowler played five ODIs at the 1975 and 1979 World පෙන ඉනි වෙට ඟ වǔන් වදහ සත Cups. තරතඟට �දු තග ප �දුන් ව췒හ අත Educated at St. Peter's College, Colombo, තව තකතහ槔තග දුක දන්න්හ වෙ තහත Tony later joined the Royal Ceylon Volunteer කවර තකො ප තනසන් නෙතේද නිǒ තසත Air Force in 1968. He had played for his col- lege cricket team and went on to play for the තමත් කණා ණ නිතර වඩන් තන් air force cricket team till 1977. පරහට පිටන්හට මෙිත වන් තන් තරතඟට දන්පින්වන නියෙතනන් තන් He first played for Ceylon in 1971 and was a member of the Sri Lankan teams playing in the ආසා තපොදි වෙඳ නිවන් පතන් තන් World Cups in England in 1975 and 1979. He later played club cricket දිවා ැසතී තමත් වඩ න් පු තේ in Ireland for one season in 1979 and was offered the coach position ඕපා දුතපන් කානය මෙ තේ of the Holland team. හෙම තපොදාකම සල්වත තපර තේ As player/manager of the rebel tour to South Africa in 1982-83, in ීනය තහොැසකත් නිවහය පෙළ තේ defiance of the sporting ban against the apartheid state, he and the �තකොට ඇතිය දෙඩි ක තදන් හට other tourists received a lifetime ban from international cricket. ǒයපත්ǔ කන වෙඩිටි නිව සට In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers යවහා සත රඳවාතගහ සෙම ǒට felicitated by , to honour them for their services be- නිවන් දන්න්හ ප වෑයම සත යට fore Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). ඇෆ්රදඩ් වට凅净ව Courtesy: http://www.dailymirror.lk/

ඇල්ෆ්රදඩ් වට퇔ලුව ǒශ්රැා ක ǒදුිත හා යාන්ත්රිහක ඉ㶂角තන්තවන්. කǒ හා සාතාය තකතර ඔල ළ ඇතිය ඇල්ම ඔල ත ǒශ්රැාම 觓ǒතය ක්රිනයාලීම කර .ප

Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 8 8 Book Review: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association Queensland Into the Water is the second thriller fiction novel written by critically Office Bearers 2020/21 Year acclaimed author Paula Hawkins. It focuses on the events surround- ing the drowning of Nel Abbott in, what the locals call, The Drown- Patron Anton Swan ing Pool. The story is told from the perspective of 11 characters, all President: Uditha Liyanage of whom are connected to Nel in some way. Vice President Kanaji Wijesekera Initially, the plot moves along slowly and could Secretary: Harsha Perera quickly bore you. Also, it introduces all the differ- Treasurer: Gishanthi Wickramasinghe ent characters quite quickly, making it hard to fol- Assistant Treasurer: Roshan Mendis low the story at first. However, Hawkins’ writing Committee Members: Hirantha Ranasinghe style and the structure of the book makes it easy to Jayantha Pathikirikorale read and compels you to keep reading. As you pro- gress through the story, you come to realise that Nishada Dahanayake not all the characters are reliable narrators. Each of Channa Wickramasinghe them has their own motives which each help form Ravi Perera a different part of the mystery, and you will enjoy Kumari Perera yourself as you try to piece them all together. There are incredible Civil Committee Member Dr. Sagarika Attudawage plot twists and turns all the way until the end of the book, leaving you thinking about the book even well after you have finished read- ing it. The novel explores how the truth can tear apart all manner of Veteran Singer Morris Wijesinghe Passed Away relationships within a small town, and it all revolves around the mys- tical and morbid history surrounding the Drowning Pool. Veteran singer Morris Wijesinghe passed away on 31 August.. He was 79 at the time of his demise. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as it had me try- ing to decipher the mystery all the way until the end of the story. It He won multiple awards as a playback singer in the sets itself apart from other thrillers with its unique storytelling 80s with 'Duwillen Wathsunu Thawara', 'Nil Ahas method and structure. I would recommend this book to anyone who Thale Age', 'Oba Enna Oba Ewith Yanna Enna' enjoys the thriller/suspense genre and is not afraid of deep water! among his most popular tracks. Achira Samaratunga A student of St Peter’s College, he learned music Achira is a 23 year old pharmacist who has enjoyed reading books under Fr. Marcelline Jayakody during school times and took part in since he was very young. Achira contributed to the very first issue of two operettas staged at St. Peter's this newsletter in September 2006 when he was a 9 year old. Courtesy: http://www.sundayobserver.lk/, https://wikivisually.com/

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Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 9 9 Where they are now.... Over the past 14 years, many chil- Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: dren and young adults have contrib- How Marassana got its Name What are you? uted to Daehaena. More than fifty percent of the names I have discussed in the In 2007 I wrote an article for the This is a new series that highlights “Dæhæna” are linked to incidents of the Kings of our country. How Youth Corner, and today I write their life and progress. the Kandyan village “Marassana” got its name too is linked to a King, another one; but this time, for the King Rajasinghe. new generation of youth in Brisbane’s Sri Lankan society. After the Western powers captured the coastal areas of Sri Lanka the “What are you?” asked my colleague. What she really wanted to know provincial Kings of the nation were disturbed. They expected an inva- was where my parents were from. She thought I looked Indian, but I sion into their territory at any moment. Kandy, the last Kingdom had an Australian accent, and I lived in London. She was even more runover by the British, was the most disturbed. baffled to learn I was born in Sri Lanka. The King lived in fear and it is said that King Sri Wickrama Rajas- In 2016 I moved to the UK in search inghe spent sleeping in at least three different bedrooms in one night. of adventure, and unknowingly, in He vacated the palace and sought shelter in other places. Hanguranke- search for myself. Back then I was Sri tha was another place he chose to hide. Lankan born but raised in Australia and finding it difficult to balance When the British received the information that King Rajasinghe dis- these two identities. Clearly running guised as an ordinary man was on his way walking away would get me all the answers… to Hanguranketha, soldiers were sent to capture him. The King too sensed that the white soldiers I loved living in London, but I quickly were following him. He wanted to take shelter and found myself calling Amma for cook- walked to a house and requested for food . The ing advice, fiercely defending the Aus- woman in the house felt that this cannot be an tralian cricket team, and googling ordinary man. She felt that he was a different per- A section of Savidya’s article in temples in the area. Running away son but never thought he was the King and offered March 2007, when she was pursu- reminded me of how much I love respectable seating and food respectfully. Her hus- ing a Senior Education Degree at both sides of myself. I love the cook- QUT. She was an active member band did not like her being so respectful to a ing, the traditions and the comfort stranger. The King left the place after taking the of the Sri Lankan community, that I find in Sri Lankan culture, whilst taking part in many cultural events meal. After some time, the British solders sur- also loving the open and adventurous rounded the house and inquired of the stranger that arrived. It was since joining the Sinhala School nature of the Australian culture. back in 1995. then they got to know that it was to King Rajasinghe they offered the Somewhere along the way I discov- food to. ered that Savidya is more than just one or the other; she is this beauti- ful mix of the two, with her own twist. The King knew that he has to hide in someplace for safety. Then he saw a small hut and went there. This dirty little hut was occupied by As a young Sri Lankan you’re probably on your own path of discover- an old woman. She obliged the stranger, allowed him to stay. The ing who and what you are. Lucky for you, don’t have to run away to soldiers with the man and woman that served the meal to the King do it! Firstly, figure out what values and principles YOU want to live ransacked the village looking to catch him. They never searched this by, not anyone else. Every time you participate in an activity, check in hut as they thought that the King would not hide in such a place. with yourself; does it feel right to you? Does it bring you closer to achieving your goals? Does it fit with your values and principles? If The King escaped and returned to the palace in Kandy after a few you love the grounding experience of the temple, then keep going! If days. Then he wished to honour the woman that saved his life and you love going out on weekends and trying new things, then keep sent people to bring her to the palace. “oba mava araksha kala gama doing that! If you love doing both, you can do both! The more you obata himi”(You saved my life and that village is offered to you) The check in with yourself and keep doing things that align with your val- village was gifted to her.”Ma araksa kala gama “ became Marassana. ues and principles, the closer you’ll get to knowing who and what you Dr. Nimal Sedera are. And as long as you are a kind human who does no harm to your- self or others, you’re doing well! In these times of constant change, I Dr. Nimal Sedera is a jounalist, poet, motivational speaker and an hope you take the time to ensure you’re living your life by author of 70 books. your terms, and truly being the person you want to be. Savidya Siriwardene Savidya is a high school teacher who loves adventures and experienc- ing new cultures.

Tennyson Cooray Passes Away Popular cinema and stage actor Ten- This is Your Radio nyson Cooray passed away on 28 September. Join and be Part of It One of the most comedians in Sri Lankan cinema, Tennyson was an 4EB FM 98.1 actor, comedian, screen writer, lyri- cist, and film maker. He appeared in “Sharing the World With You” over 80 movies as an actor, besides writing and directing several. Some of his best known acting credits include Peralikarayo (1986), Re Daniel Dawal Migel (1998, 2000 & 2004) and Wada Bari Tarzan (2007). Courtesy: https://www.hirunews.lk/ Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 10 10 Nudge: How Behavioural Economics Can Shape Bleep — Honk Reduction System Your Decisions This nudge is intended to minimize indiscriminate honking on Indian In 2008, two professors at the University of Chicago, Richard H. roads. A red smiley button starts beeping and blinking every time the Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein, published Nudge: Improving Decisions driver honks. The driver must press the button to turn it off. Drivers about Health, Wealth, and Happiness. It is considered as one of the decreased their honking over six months by an average of 61 per cent most significant books on public policy published in recent years. because the red buzzer was such a nuisance. Apparently, most of the The authors argue that governments should help their citizens to honking was (more or less) habitual and unrelated to safety. make better decisions while respecting their freedom of choice. This We must also be aware as consumers that we can be nudged on dif- article highlights the applicability of their ideas to policy by providing ferent occasions in our day-to-day business interactions. For exam- a few examples of nudges in areas such as finance, health, and the ple, The Decoy Effect: environment. The decoy effect describes how the inclusion of a third, less desirable Nudge theory is based on the option (the decoy), will affect our preference of the original two op- idea that the way how choices tions when we select between two options. are presented to the consumers can steer people toward deci- e.g. Imagine lining up to buy some popcorn in a movie theatre. You sions that, in turn, beneficial to see the small box costs $3; medium is $6.50, and the large is $7. You them/society at the end. For really do not need a whole large popcorn, but you end up buying it instance, the cafeteria that pro- anyway because it is a much better deal than the medium. In this motes healthy eating by putting case, the medium size is the ‘Decoy’, and they do not expect you to fruits first and desserts last. Other examples might be a firm that by medium size. automatically enrols its employees into a superannuation program In summary, nudge theory provides a wonderful approach to define, while allowing them to opt-out, or providing information on the evaluate, and re-form current choices and factors offered to citizens households use of energy relative to the 100 nearest houses of simi- by governments, companies, and other authorities in shaping their lar size. These examples all encourage certain behaviours without choices. banning any options or forcing any particular choice. Chinthaka Jayasundara Few more practical examples: Smaller plates = less food waste Chinthaka Jayasundara is a senior lecturer in the Depart- ment of Economics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Danish Executive Summit is a prestigious annual event for the He is currently reading for his PhD at the Queensland Danish CEOs. It reduced food waste by 26 percent by only replac- University of Technology. ing larger plates (27 cm) with smaller (24 cm) at a lunch serving 500 CEOs.

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Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 12 Sri Lankan Events Brisbane IESL QLD CHAPTER FUNDRAISING 12 RAFFLE RESULTS October 2020

Please check the latest The Chapter is pleased to announce the following results of the raf- status of the events with fle drawn in Brisbane City on 20 September 2020. the relevant organisations The Chapter takes the opportunity to thank everyone who supported 02 Asumaha Srawaka Vandanawa Forest Lake Temple the raffle by purchasing tickets and selling tickets, sponsors of prizes 11 Dance Classes Sri Lanka Society of Qld and 4EB Sri Lankan Group for the media coverage. The winners have been notified as per Rules and regulations of Charitable and CPD Event: Waste Management to Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999, Queensland. 11 Resource Recovery: How Can Engi- IESL QLD Chapter neers Contribute Prize Description Winning 18 Fifty Years of Song Silver Fawn Club Ticket No Old Anandians’ Ass. 25 OAAQ Charity Walk 1st $500 Flight Centre Gift Voucher 104 31 Annual Katina Ceremony Forest Lake Temple nd November 2020 2 $250 International Travel Voucher 140 01 Annual Kathina Ceremony Forest Lake Temple 3rd $200 Pest Control Package 146 7&8 Katina Pinkama Goodna Temple 4th $150 Motor Car Service Package 155 14 Social Lunch Sri Lanka Society of Qld 5th $100 Coles Myer Gift Card 480

December 2020 Editor’s Note 50th Anniversary Christmas 12 Silver Fawn Club Celebration We invite articles from those under 25 years to be featured in the newsletter. We will follow his/her progress sometime down the 31 New Year’s Eve Function Silver Fawn Club track as you may see in the article on page 9. Please make it 250 words or less and send to the editor at [email protected] by the 20th of the month. Things To Do Without Leaving Home A number of venues and services offer things to do while staying at Program Schedule home. SBS On Demand Arunella - Sunday 9.00am - 10.00am FM 98.1 SBS On Demand service provides a large range of award winning inter- national movies, some old and some new. Date Producer/Panel Operator https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/ Lakmini Keerawella, Anuradha Himaya/ Kasun Ka- 04 Oct runaratne A few movies from the list: 11 Oct Samanmal Gunaratne/ Samanmal Gunaratne A United Kingdom: He was an Oxford-educated African King, while she was a white Englishwoman working as a clerk 18 Oct Sam Fernando/ Samanmal Gunaratne at Lloyd’s of London. Now their 1948 marriage, which caused Jayantha Weerasekera, Seetha Opatha Vithana/ scandal in Apartheid-stricken South Africa and the British pro- 25 Oct Jayantha Weerasekera tectorate of Bechuanaland (later Botswana), is the subject of a Nawroos Naeem, Lakmini Keerawella/ new period drama. 01 Nov Samanmal Gunaratne Viceroy’s House : In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its Sandella - Wednesday 9.00pm - 10.00pm FM 98.1 people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of Date Producer/Panel Operator British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs. 07 Oct Shyam Kottegoda & Youth Team/Shyam Kottegoda Thisara Pathirennehelage & Guest/ Thisara Pathiren- 14 Oct Wadjha: A snapshot of modern Saudi Arabia following the nehelage story of fun loving, entrepreneurial and rebellious 10 year-old 21 Oct Chathurika Wickramage & Guest/ Niraj Kariyawasam girl Wadjda, who is determined to fight for her dreams, which include saving enough money to buy a bicycle, so she can race 28 Oct Yashan Thilakarathne/ Thisara Pathirennehelage her friend Abdullah. 04 Nov Shyam Kottegoda & Youth Team/Shyam Kottegoda

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