Building a life through studies in Australia

By Tennyson Rodrigo
November 23 2012 - 3:00am
Chance of a lifetime ... Tennyson Rodrigo.
Chance of a lifetime ... Tennyson Rodrigo.

THE telegram delivery boy tracked me down on his bicycle at a tennis court in Colombo in 1952, carrying the envelope with news that would change my life. I tore it open to discover I had won one of the first Colombo Plan scholarships for Asian students to study at an Australian university.

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