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Inspired by innovation
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It’s been almost three years since Ranjith Pandithage was skimming through the Sunday papers when his attention was caught by an article about a group of students from the University of Moratuwa and their car building dreams. The chairman and managing director of DIMO is a man inspired by innovation, creativity and driven by an [...]
Bring to life the tale of Sinhabahu
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The students of the Arpeggio Creative Dance & Drama Academy (ACDDA) headed by Nilan Maligaspe are practicing for their take on Sinhabahu to be showcased on July 8 at the Lionel Wendt at 7 pm. It’s going to be a modern, or contemporary interpretation, in ballet format. “Dance is a very important art, but a lot of people see our costumes and [...]
Two Weeks of playing Fortnite: Lessons learned
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Launched in 2017 as a paid-for early access game for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PS4 and Xbox One, Fortnite is essentially a co-op sandbox survival game. Developed by Epic Games, together with People Can Fly, Fortnite takes place on earth in the not-too-distant future. Here, a sudden freak storm has caused almost 98% of the world’s [...]
Ed Sheeran faces legal action filed over songs
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Pop star Ed Sheeran had to deal with two setbacks last week. In the first instance legal action was filed in a New York court over his hit song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ by the Structure Asset Sales (SAS) which owns a third of the rights to the songs of the late Marvin Gaye. They allege [...]
Postmarked letters to my students
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I love having a ‘pen pal.’ Full Stop. I’ve had several pen pals over the years. One pen pal was an Irish pen pal who cracked the vilest jokes. I had a local pen pal from Kandy who told me how difficult it is for her to hide her teenage relationship from her family. I [...]
Incident at the cinema
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This very short story shows through an incident how we really don’t understand what other people are going through simply by appearance alone. It does not say so, but this theme comes through the actions depicted. Please send in your flash fiction contributions to Madhubashini Dissanayake-Ratnayake, C/O The Sunday Times, No. 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, [...]