Art
Young Zoologists bring out the beauty of the wild
The annual wildlife art exhibition together with the wildlife photographic exhibition by the Young Zoologists Association (YZA) will be held this week. ‘Kin Wild’ -the exhibition of wildlife paintings and sketches by the Young Zoologists is probably the longest running wildlife art exhibition in the country. The Young Zoologists Association established the ‘Wildlife Arts’ group [...]
Joyous drapes
Nelun Harasgama designs her sarees downstairs while her husband, the photographer Luxshman Nadaraja takes pictures of them upstairs. “He is famous, I am not,” says Nelun, smiling, but that isn’t quite true. Before she ever began designing sarees, Nelun’s paintings won her acclaim but she always found them difficult to talk about. Stark and haunting, [...]
‘If you believe in something go for it’
Life is full of uncertainty. For Sashenka Lakshmanasingha, life certainly has been a roller coaster ride. Having left Sri Lanka at the age of 16 with her family she had to rise to the challenge of change faced by any teenager along with adapting to her new home in Australia. She adapted quickly, becoming an [...]
