{"id":42967,"date":"2020-03-25T09:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T09:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=42967"},"modified":"2021-12-15T03:05:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T03:05:50","slug":"a-new-dawn-by-shanthie-de-mel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-new-dawn-by-shanthie-de-mel\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A NEW DAWN&#8221; &#8211; By Shanthie De Mel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> &#8220;A NEW DAWN&#8221; &#8211; By Shanthie De Mel<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xFrGuyw1V8s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">Extremely relevant poem, proving Sri Lanka&#8217;s undoubted talent that has to be seen and read without delay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">Shanthie has written this lengthy yet superb poem in a few hours of self imposed isolation, and when our readers peruse it, they will understand how proud we should be, of our natural born talents. I am very proud of you, Shanthie de Mel, and thank you for the poem which goes straight into eLanka. Here are your first twenty five thousand readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29910 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-9.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">(Editor-in-Chief) eLanka.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42968 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A-New-Dawn-e1585128025735.jpg\" alt=\"A New Dawn\" width=\"600\" height=\"1053\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;A NEW DAWN&#8221; &#8211; By Shanthie De Mel &nbsp; Extremely relevant poem, proving Sri Lanka&#8217;s undoubted talent that has to be seen and read without delay. 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