Revving two strokes for a worthy cause
The grand Sri Lankan voyage for 40 tuk-tuk novices begins this weekend. Pimp My Tuk-Tuk (PMTT,) will make an adventurous week-long journey through the island, driving Sri Lanka’s favourite three-wheeler from Jaffna to Matara. Revving their two strokes for worthy causes along the way this team consisting of expats who currently call Singapore home, along [...]
Look ahead to scale new heights
On this bright Thursday I heard from my Guru Rajini Selvanayagam that our Dance Institute is about to celebrate its 40th grand year. My memories went back to my very first year of dancing at the “Chamara Kala Nikethanaya”. Celebrating the Academy’s 40th birthday over September with programmes that embody its expansive commitment to art [...]
From Shear(ing) magic to Project Joy
Known as the pianist with the ‘Shearing touch’ ( a reference to the great jazz pianist George Shearing), Mehroon Wahab returns to perform ‘Pure Piano Moods’ today, Sunday, September 20 at the British School Auditorium at 7 p.m. Her ‘solo’ show, in association with the Rotary Club of Colombo West is to raise funds for [...]
Give in to your temptations at AXE Party
Having rocked the island with the AXE Provoke Fallen Angels and the AXE Blastparties, AXE now presents a chocolate-themed AXE Dark Temptation party on September 26 at the Galadari Hotel. Playboy DJ, Olga Ryazanova a.k.a. DJ Sexation will be headline act of the event. No. 2 on the World’s Sexiest Top Model DJ rankings by [...]
Chundikuli Girls’ College raising funds for new school building
Students of Chundikuli Girls’ College, Jaffna, together with renowned dancer and old girl, Subashini Pathmanathan, will present “Samarpana: A Bharatha Natya Recital” at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall in Wellawatte on Saturday, October 3. Proceeds will go towards building a new school building, which has become a necessity with an increase in the number of students [...]
Walking for future generations
The Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation Memory Walk 2015 will be on Saturday, September 26 at 8 a.m. Walk on behalf of the 147,000 persons living with Alzheimer’s disease in Sri Lanka and for the many carers and caregivers who share a role in the lives of those living with Alzheimer’s. They walk because the disease is increasing [...]
Cross-stitch exhibition by Shanthi Wijetunga
Shanthi Wijetunga’s second “Cross-stitch Exhibition” was held at the Kiribathgoda Young Men’s Buddhist Association from September 13. The exhibition featured 37 works including sceneries, wall hangings, lampshades, cushions and large scale artworks. Mrs. Wijetunga said it took her about one and half years to complete this collection. Proceeds were donated to charity projects through the [...]
A bridge too far
It was from that famous Sri Lankan journalist of yesteryear, Tarzie Vittachi, that I first heard about the Katussa theory. “You see, putha” Tarzie told me once, addressing me as he was wont to do with young cub reporters, “when it comes to India-Ceylon relations, we must always remember that our country is no bigger [...]
Who will be accountable for Public Services?
The new government’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe, has gone on record assuring the appointment of Oversight Committees to the Public Services as if that is going to be the panacea for all the ills in the Public Services. We have had Independent Commissions and Committees in the past too. But neither the Ministers nor the [...]