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Paris revisited
Peter and I joined the rest of Australia in travelling to Europe this summer, first stop Paris. It had been nearly a decade since I last visited Paris, heading there with my partner to spend time with his parents who kindly invited us to join them for a few days their annual retreat to their…
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A Life Less Ordinary: Season 2 Singapore is here! Meet My Co-Host Vanessa
‘A Life Less Ordinary’ is back on Apple Podcasts! This season, I flew to Singapore to meet fascinating entrepreneurs, athletes, actors, and more. The video above gives you a short little introduction to our first guest, my dear friend and Season 2 co-host Vanessa Fernandez. By the way, she’ll be performing at the Singapore…
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A Life Less Ordinary Season 2: Singapore is around the corner!
After a long, 9 month journey, my podcast A Life Less Ordinary Season 2: Singapore, will be out on Apple Podcasts next Thursday! Following a successful Season 1 in Sri Lanka, I’m joined by musician, radio presenter and my co-host Vanessa Fernandez for interviews with guests that include: Award-winning, Crazy Rich Asians actress Tan Kheng…
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I’m making “A Life Less Ordinary” Season 2!
I am incredibly thrilled (and terrified) that I’m producing a second season of my podcast, A Life Less Ordinary! This year we’re heading to the “miracle of Asia”, Singapore! It’ll be an exciting few months of researching, writing, interviewing, filming, recording, editing, and promoting. I hope you guys fall in love with Singapore as I…
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Transforming Qatar into a Cultural Instigator
A post shared by Udhara de Silva (@udhara) on Dec 21, 2017 at 3:49pm PST Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani is the Art World’s most powerful woman, who at 34 years old oversees the Qatar Museums Authority. Founded by her father, Sheikh Hamad Al Thani, QMA was established in 2005 to connect the world to…
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Slaving Away Under Kafala
A post shared by Udhara de Silva (@udhara) on Dec 14, 2017 at 4:09pm PST “All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.” – Henry Ward Beecher Low-income migrant workers from South Asia and East Asia…
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Knowledge is Power?
The Paradise Papers have been flooding news cycles around the world, but I don’t think many of us really get why. Bono uses them to funnel his wealth into investments in shopping malls while fighting for human rights and ending poverty. Lewis Hamilton uses them to save millions in import taxes on his…
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A Life Less Ordinary: Conversations with Asia’s Extraordinary Individuals
I can’t believe it, but the day has finally arrived after 9 months of planning, researching, flying, recording, producing, and editing! ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ is the podcast about Asia’s extraordinary individuals. If you listen to TED Talks, Tim Ferriss, This American Life, How I Built This, or even RuPaul’s podcast, I think you’ll really…
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My Grandmother Seela De Silva: Rebel, Adventurer, Feminist
This is my visual tribute to Archchi ? My Grandmother’s children scattered her ashes from a boat on Kalutara River in #SriLanka yesterday afternoon. The grand Kalutara Temple Stupa sits in the background. My grandmother Seela De Silva had so many wonderful dimensions but to me she was a rebel, adventurer, feminist, and artist. She was…
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Time to Begin, Again.
Comfort is the first symptom, followed by restlessness, frustration, despondence and if you refuse to acknowledge the swell of symptoms, an indifference swallows you like a falsely soothing wave of post-op morphine. At least that’s what happens to me if I ignore the telltale signs it’s time to move on to the next adventure,…