Looking to the horizon with bigger dreams
For the six nominees for the ‘The Ray’ award, there was that really long moment just before the winner was announced–that moment of nail-biting tension; of pressing suddenly clammy hands together and trying to maintain a calm demeanor. For 50-year-old I.S. Waidiyarathna Karunatilake, however, the excitement was just beginning, as he emerged the star of [...]
Time for action: One in three adult Lankans overweight
Obesity, the “plague” of modern times, is engulfing not only Sri Lanka but other countries around the world. Is it adequate to deal with the…
Letters to the Editor
Do pensioners have to take to the streets to get what’s due to them? In the recent past there have been many letters to the…
Appreciations
She influenced many during her lifetime Snehalatha Amerasinghe Memories are always impressions that are gathered from our young days when we learn and see others…
No more green and lush, only brown and parched
Not a drop of water to drink, cook or bathe with. This was the plight of villagers of ten villages clustered by the banks of…
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Lankan chefs taste sweet success at Culinary Olympics
My boys – he calls them and there’s utmost pride in his voice as Gerard Mendis talks of…
Impressive impresario
Master of ceremonies, master of the manor, host to the manor born – Mano Chanmugam is steering his…
Beauty and truth: All we need/know?
Go grocery-shopping with She Who Must Be Loved, and centuries of civilised debate begin ringing in one’s ears.…
Where crocs from around the world bask and cool off
The name is called and out they come. The moment “water” is mentioned, they slip back in. No…
Oh what a feeling, oh what a show!
The Workshop Players just rang the curtain down on yet another show–adding to a pretty remarkable body of…
Give them a chance and they can create too
The house close to the Kaduwela junction is a hive of activity. While Chammi is relaxing, having completed…
How we buried our dead in ancient Lanka
Prof. Raj Somadeva will deliver the monthly lecture of the National Trust on ‘Some evidence of proto-historic burial…
The Hajj – the journey of a lifetime for Muslims
The ‘five pillars’ of Islam are the foundation of a Muslim’s life. They are the belief in the…
The joker who trumped the political pack
The 110th birth anniversary of Wijayananda Dahanayake of Galle, the former caretaker Prime Minister of our nation, falls…
Never a dull moment when you’re among the Devendras
In her introduction, “A Letter to Savi”, (a moving document), Ransiri Menike informs us that “As the proverbial…
People and events
Alliance for Mental Health receives registration certificate The Alliance for Mental Health (Manasika Suwasewa Sanwidanaya) received its…
FPASL marks 60th anniversary of International Planned Parenthood Foundation
‘Brave and angry’ women have throughout history brought down social barriers and promoted change. The International Planned Parenthood…
London University launch web resource on Sri Lanka’s media policy and law
The Media Reform Lanka Initiative based at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at London University on Thursday, October…