Everybody loves Irangani
On the eve of the launch of her biography, ‘Irangani’ as told to Kumar de Silva, Duvindi Illankoon speaks to a reluctant legend, the grande dame of Sri Lanka’s theatre and silver screen “The most exciting thing I’ve done in my life is fall into a pig trough, you know!” It was Christmas, and a six-year-old [...]
Let this be a National New Year and not a Sinhalese and Hindu New Year
I am in complete agreement with ‘Encarta’s” views regarding certain existing constraints that erode our national pride as Sri Lankans. Since the crushing of terrorism…
Stop lighting crackers on festival days
Lighting crackers is an outmoded practice that is blindly followed by Sri Lankans on festival days and happy occasions. But now there’s no need for…
Please bring back those airmail forms
I am a retired senior citizen and most of my family live in different parts of the world. The only way I am able to…
Cold facts behind big match fever
It is school big match time in Sri Lanka. Practically in each province we can see how students, teachers and principals work hard to continue…
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Stop lighting crackers on festival days
Lighting crackers is an outmoded practice that is blindly followed by Sri Lankans on festival days and happy…
Dr. Wijesinha has done a lot for the education of youngsters
There has been some criticism recently of Dr. Rajiva Wijesinha’s role as an educationist. I suppose there are…
The reel story of Midnight’s Children seeing the light of day
By Chandani Kirinde Not all stories in controversial author Salman Rushdie’s life have had a happy ending. But…
Stop the religious rift by spreading the word of Value Education
By Goolbai Gunasekera There is not the slightest doubt that some system of morals and ethics has to…
Rectifying imbalances in Sri Lankan historical writings
By Prof. W.I. Siriweera Presently there is enormous amount of interest in history due to several factors such…
SLINTEC: Doing it their way and dreaming big
Sri Lanka’s Nanotech scientists are proud of their progress. Here they speak to Smriti Daniel At the…
Protecting a memory and nature
An auditorium built by the parents of the late Dr.Ravindra Samarasinha, a conservationist and humanist, in the jungles…
Indian expertise guides local talent
By Shehani Alwis Since independence there has been a national effort to rebuild the field of Arts and…
Opera, Broadway hits to brighten up young lives
Shana Dagny will be the star attraction at ‘One Night Only’ the charity concert at the Hilton Colombo…
Youth to the fore, come Colombo Fashion Week
By Tharooshie Mahahewage The first bugle call has sounded for all fashionistas. The HSBC Colombo Fashion Week (HSBC…
The story of Sigiriya : This is different
By Shaveen Jeewandara “If there is one thing that I’m not – it would be a historian,” laughs…
The people and a way of life back then
“Pathegama (‘low-lying’ village in Sinhala), which I have chosen to write about was my birthplace. Those days, it…
Appealing to the imagination, even more than the palate
Deloraine Brohier has given us a work of art that is of far greater value than if it…
“Silgath Kokku” hits the boards
The latest stage play by Ranjith De Alwis “Silgath Kokku” will be staged at Ja-Ela’s Rasanga Hall on…
Big, bold movement
The Spectrum Dance Theatre from the US will perform ‘five of the company’s most impressive creations’ in Colombo…
D.S. Senanayake 61st death anniversary
The D.S. Senanayake Memorial Society marks the 61st death anniversary of the Father of the Nation on March…
Ethnic superiority: A pathetic fallacy
Today, you will agree that our type of ethno-nationalist chauvinism has become an ethnically-biased worldview which marginalises religious…
Sing along 2013
The Sri Lanka Housewives’ Association, once again presents their annual fund raiser Sing Along 2013 for the second…
Joyce Goonesekera Montessori celebrates 65 years
Sri Lanka’s oldest Montessori, the Joyce Goonesekera Montessori House of Children school, has unveiled a host of new…
Girls’ Friendly Society sale
A sale of miscellaneous items organised by the Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) will be held at its headquarters…
Appreciations
My Muththi, my hero Rupa Karunatilaka If my grandfather had lived, he would have been 80 on March…