Mirror Magazine
To connect and inspire
With a new batch of Google Student Ambassadors (GSA) inducted recently, the future for the country’s young techies is looking quite bright. The student ambassador programme is an opportunity for students to act as liaisons between Google and their universities. These ambassadors learn about Google products and programmes, plan and host events at campus, act [...]
Exploring young voices through ‘Xplosion 2014’
Xplosion 2014¸a talent show to celebrate the voices of Colombo youth, will be held on Saturday, June 28. The show, beginning 6.30pm, will be held at the New Town Hall on Green Path. The programme is geared towards showcasing the vocal and song-writing talents of young people who are musically gifted but don’t easily find [...]
Slavery by another name
Slavery is a thing of the past they say. When Martin Luther King spoke of his dream of seeing a united nation where all races have equal rights, I’m sure he didn’t fathom the possibility of yet another era of slavery. Yet here we are, at the age of technology, and yes, modern slavery. We [...]
That happy feeling…
A five-minute montage of faces from radio, television, the silver screen and even social media dancing to Pharell Williams’ ‘Happy’ is creating quite a buzz on YouTube. The video was conceptualized, directed and edited by Devinda Fernando of Annoyboy Pictures, a local company in the line of audio and visual productions. Arguably an unusal name [...]
When cycling became the rage
With a history spanning over half a decade the Pedal Pushers’ Group has been pedaling their way towards bringing about change in the mind set of cycling, perceiving it not only as a sport but as a means to a healthy lifestyle, happiness and excitement. The brainchild of its founders Lalanthi Rajapakse and Dharshini Ariyaratne, [...]