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| Our women of the sea |
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 “Don't be afraid, baby, I will look after you,” whispered Naalika, stroking her stomach. The baby was restless and kicking hard, the noises of the war raging outside filtering through to his safe cocoon, loud and fearsome enough to scare the unborn child. |
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| Green map |
 Women, male folklore claims, can’t read maps. According to men this is because during prehistory they traversed the land to hunt meat while women stayed at home to grow fruit and bear children. Indeed, research at Edinburgh University has shown that women are not as proficient as men at remembering the location of plain boxes on a grid. |
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| A nice Burgher girl |
 Going down to Kandy to see Jean Arasanayagam is always a pleasure. She lives in what used to be her grandfather’s house, on Peradeniya Road. A small but lush garden protects the house from the sight, if not the sound, of the busy street. Within her little fortress, I know Jean spends her time pleasurably engaged in sketching, cooking..... |
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| Tea and luxury |
 A decade ago staying as a guest in a tea plantation bungalow could only be arranged by getting to know the planter in residence. In our “Plantation Homes” series in The Sunday Times of February 9, 1997, we featured the planter’s bungalow at Hellbode Estate, and many people wanted to stay there. At last this is possible as the bungalow has been restored and re-styled as The Lavender House. |
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| Dance fever |
 Former World Latin American Champions Jukka Haapalainen and Sirpa Suutari are billed to perform at next Sunday’s Mobitel International Dancesport Championships 2007, produced by Footwork. Hailing from Finland, both Jukka and Sirpa started dancing at a young age - Sirpa in ballet school and Jukka with Folkloric dancing. By the time they were around ten years of age however their interests turned towards Latin American dancing. |
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