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A journey of music and camaraderie
If you got the chance to catch them at the Asia Pacific Choir Games last year, you’ll know that the ladies behind ‘Contempo’ really mean business when it comes to music. What started off as a choir consisting of past pupils of S. Bridget’s Convent who met up for the love of singing has progressed [...]
A walk to remember
“I wanted to do the walk for two reasons. Mainly to spread awareness about mental well-being and encourage people to reach out and not suffer in silence. But also to see the country and connect with people,” explains Nivendra Uduman, a psychologist who volunteers at Shanthi Maargam. Nivendra was inspired to do the first walk [...]
At Traffic Lights
I braked the vehicle suddenly as the traffic lights changed color. On our right side there was a large blue color bus waiting in the traffic to go in the other direction & my wife was staring at that bus. During those ninety seconds stay there, she did not take her eyes off the bus. [...]
Preserving musical traditions
It’s not often that one gets to meet a Sri Lankan, who has engineered and produced multiple Grammy Award winning recordings. The mere thought of winning a Grammy is an exciting one but actually doing it is a different story that involves pure dedication. We meet audio engineer and record producer Kavichandran Alexander, a Sri [...]
Rotaract marks World Down Syndrome Day
The Rotaract District 3220 Sri Lanka and Maldives will mark World Down Syndrome Day for 2018. A special programme targeting 300 diagnosed children, their parents and teachers will be held on Thursday March 31, 2018 from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm at Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo 04. The morning session of the full day programme will [...]
Telling their stories
Taking an in depth look at how patriarchal values continue to affect the present generation is V Day 2018 : PatriANarchy, presented by Grassrooted on April 1, 2018. V Day 2018 brings together stories centered around female genital mutilation, alcohol and women, sex work in the North, entitled misogynists, and gang rape. As in previous [...]
Fifth Harmony to take a break
The girl group Fifth Harmony ended months of speculation by taking to social media on 19th March to say they were taking a break to pursue solo careers. The group which was put together for the X- Factor USA in 2012 went on to release three albums and two big hit songs ‘Worth It’ and [...]