Mirror
Just for laughs with “Playing Doctor”
R ob Brewster is in trouble. He’s a struggling writer scraping his way through city life with an interesting circle of friends but a not so interestingly poor fortune to his name. His parents think he’s a doctor, he’s definitely not a doctor, and now they’re about to pop in for a long overdue visit. [...]
Glimpses of Ladakh
Photographer and award winning choreographer Nilan Maligaspe will hold a exhibition of photographs titled “Glimpses of Ladakh.” The event organised by the Indian High Commission will be held at the Lionel Wendt Gallery on July 15 at 5.00pm and on July 16- 17 from 9.00am to 7.00pm
How comfortable are we in our own skin?
The beauty industry is flooding the market with whitening products promising quick, amazing results. A younger generation is growing up on a social media diet, seeing thin-figured, spotless-skinned, perfect-featured, idolized celebrities (and wanna-be celebrities).Unsurprisingly, many are driven to think ‘I wish I had that face’and‘I wish I had that amazing hair’. Little do we realize [...]
Platform for urban artists
Kacha Kacha, a platform for urban singers, rappers, poets and songwriters will take to a new home today (July 10) at the Metropolitan Hotel in Colombo 11. The event begins at 6pm, entrance is free. Curator Imaad Majeed hosted the first Kacha Kacha as part of Cinnamon Colomboscope in August 2015, bringing together original rappers, [...]
Madonna to promote female empowerment
Madonna has teamed up with the Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta to promote female empowerment for women around the world. The 57 year old queen of pop posted pictures of her meeting with Mrs. Kenyatta, as both women exchanged ideas on how best their efforts could help change through the various charities they head and [...]
TEDxColombo 2016: Blueprint of Change!
In a world sworn by the mannerisms of a status quo, the only way to break out would seem to lie in the hands of select individuals who strive to make a difference- a difference that we can all relate to. TEDxColombo is one of Sri Lanka’s oldest and largest TEDx events having sparked inspiration [...]
Tally Marks
This story is interesting in what it says and what as readers we feel. The murderer is repentant about being lead to death – but at no point do we see him feeling sorry for the woman he killed – it was only the fact that the daughter lost a mother that makes him grieve. [...]
