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Dancing through the seasons
NATANDA Dance Academy’s 10th annual production celebrates the evolution of the ‘Cicada’ By Duvindi Illankoon The ‘Cicada’ is a creature of the earth. From its birth deep underground, its evolution as a nymph feeding on root juice, to its eventual surfacing into the harsh light of the world, the cicada is symbolic of the earth’s [...]
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The gift of self
I have always felt that the Universe – or God – gives in abundance to those who are open to its gifts. I have learned, as each of us has or each of us will, these gifts are not always given in a way that seems easy, natural, or even fair; quite the opposite, really. [...]
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Would you wear these jeans?
Rihanna can pretty much get away with wearing anything except maybe these jeans… Recently, the “Stay” singer donned one of her own fashion creations – “double top” jeans – at a party in London to promote her new River Island collection, and it had heads turning for all the wrong reasons. According to the item’s description [...]
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The art of painting walls
Using Sri Lanka as ‘pure inspiration’ Artists Rah Akaishi and Simon Blackfoot use street art as a way to beautify and give back to the country they live in By Smriti Daniel On Layn Baan St in Galle Fort, two exquisitely melancholy sea monsters are separated by a rusty gate. Stricken by grief, one wears [...]
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A spot for lunch
Launched recently to great acclaim, Currymuch serves uniquely Sri Lankan food at a reasonable price By Duvindi Illankoon Meet Colombo’s newest culinary darling. Making his way through the markets of Colombo and into the hearts of its office crowds with the single-minded determination of a heat seeking missile, Alphonso is the life and soul of [...]
