Asoka Weerasinghe Explained

Asoka Weerasinghe
Birth Place:	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality:	Canadian
Known For:	former Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada

Asoka Weerasinghe (born in Sri Lanka), was a former deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada.^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Asoka was educated at Nalanda College Colombo, Sri Lanka.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Poetry

By profession he is a Geologist, Paleontology and Museology and also one time Curator of the Ottawa Museum in Canada.^[6]

References

• Web site: Opposition attacks refugee law proposals . October 28, 2010. Lankaweb. 19 April 2011.
• Web site: A reading by Asoka Weerasinghe. June 1, 2008. Sunday Times. 19 April 2011.
• Web site: One man's effort to blunt LTTE propaganda in Canada by Rajendra Alwis, Ottawa, Canada . 2010-04-03 . Daily News Paper . 19 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605045836/http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/03/fea04.asp . 5 June 2011 .
• Web site: 'Memories'-Collection of poems by Asoka Weerasinghe by Shabna Cader. 2010-12-19. The Nation. 19 April 2011.
• Submission project peace for a united Sri Lanka
• Asoka Weerasinghe Interviewed by Rajendra Alwis

Notes and References

1. Web site: LankaWeb – Opposition attacks refugee law proposals.
2. Web site: The Island. www.island.lk.
3. Web site: Artscope | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers. archives.dailynews.lk.
4. Web site: A reading by Asoka Weerasinghe. www.sundaytimes.lk.
5. Web site: Nalanda College Alumni (Ambassadors and High Commissioners) . 2015-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627131014/http://nalanda.sch.lk/index.php/nalanda-college-alumni/ambassadors-and-high-commissioners . 2015-06-27 . dead .
6. Web site: I never edit my poems . 2015-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092151/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/07/27/plus04.asp . 2016-03-04 . live .