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Penchant for people
As a little girl Shaanea was not allowed to touch what was to her a veritable treasure trove – her mother’s collection of canvases, expensive oil paints and brushes. Now Shaanea Amantha Mendis D’Silva spends many a blissful hour each day with brush and canvas, painting to her heart’s content, portraits of people she has [...]
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A potent and timely adventure
In writing Iora and the Quest of the Five, Indian author Arefa Tehsin drew on both her love for the wild and her gift for imaginative story telling. A fan of the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, Arefa chose to set her first novel in a hidden rainforest civilisation – Twitterland – and [...]
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Change from the heart
With ‘Love Changes Everything’ Danu Innasithamby has found his charitable calling in life. The movement was set up in memory of his late mother, and last February he organised a massive concert that raised funds for a fun day out with the young patients of the Maharagama Cancer Hospital. This Christmas, Danu hopes to reawaken [...]
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Setting her sights on giving Sri Lanka a good name
Ever since Rosy Senanayake won the Mrs. World crown 27 years ago, Lankan beauty queens have hoped to put the island once again in the international spotlight. Emerging Second Runner-Up at the Miss International pageant held in Japan this October, Madusha Mayadunne has swanned into the public eye with her stunning good looks, lissome figure [...]
