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Action for nature, passion for people
Commonwealth Youth Award winner Anoka Abeyrathne is an individual out to change the world, but her first steps will always be firmly rooted to Sri Lanka By Shaveen Jeewandara, Pic: Indika Handuwela Becoming a vet was an ambition that always lingered in her mind, but things didn’t quite string together. That’s when she took lease of [...]
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Educational revolution: Sri Lanka Model United Nations
Encouraging diplomacy, professionalism and acceptance SLMUN tackles international relations with creativity and new ideas By Duvindi Illankoon Six months of extensive preparation, one month of practice sessions and three days of intense debate and resolution; in its sixth year of proceedings, the organisers of the Sri Lanka Model United Nations conference have found themselves thick [...]
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Intrepid travellers
Socially conscious duo Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein talk about their time spent in Sri Lanka filming their documentary series, ‘The Perennial Plate’ By Smriti Daniel Sitting across from a stranger in a foreign country, Mirra Fine will sometimes catch herself wondering how she got lucky enough to be there. Mirra and her fiance, chef [...]
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An inferno of music and fashion
In aid of Rotary International’s ‘End Polio now’ campaign ‘Interflash 2013’ pairs young aspiring designers with musical performances By Tharooshie Mahahewage It was indeed a fashion show and a fusion of music for all the youth gathered at Park Street Mews on April 4, when ‘Interflash 2013’ took place for the umpteenth time. This is [...]
