Mirror
Gappiya takes on the clothing industry one slogan at a time
Tharindu Wijesekera’s channel on YouTube, essentially a platform for his alter ego “Gappiya” to freely dispense some humorous social commentary tips from the inside of being Sri Lankan in a foreign land has slowly but steadily grown its following. Now closing in on 100,000 subscribers, the Gappiya channel has found its way in to the [...]
Remembering Christmases past
What I remember most about Christmases past is the fun we had as kids. The gifts, making things, caroling, the big Christmas meals; the most festive element was the flambé of the Christmas pudding after the meal. The excitement of lighting it, seeing the flame. The aromas. There’s always things to do at Christmas. Those [...]
Simple and powerful performances
This year’s award for the Best Actress was a joint award for Visakha Vidyalaya’s Yalindee Ratnapala and Devi Balika Vidyalaya’s Hasini Dissanayake. The Mirror catches up with both budding actresses. Best Actress – Yalindee Ratnapala “There’s way more to Hamlet than a man saying ‘to be or not to be,” – is how joint winner [...]
A rebel with a pen
Acting and play writing has always run through the veins of Dhisal Shavinda Kapuge, an upcoming and talented playwright from Kandy. A past student of Trinity College and currently reading for his B.A. at the University of Peradeniya, Dhisal’s passion for acting started at the age of 13 when he took part in school plays [...]
Kelaniya Uni English Lit Festival: Exploring creativity
The Kelaniya English Literary Festival ( KELF) 2017, took place for the first timelast week. Organized by the University of Kelaniya, the festival was a day of activities, exploration of creativity and launch of their first magazine of writing. The daylong event was inspired by other famous literary festivals such as the Jaipur literature festival [...]