Mirror
A look inside Marine Drive’s Food Trucks
When you think of street food, habitually your mind wanders to a spicy Kottu, a scrumptious Isso Wade or a Sri Lankan take on a Chinese fried rice. But as of late Colombo has been stepping up its street food game through a variety of food trucks that offer innovative dishes and mouthwatering flavour combinations [...]
Building support networks for Cancer patients
Perhaps one of the scariest moments that a person may face in life, is to be diagnosed with a terminal illness. Yet not knowing what to do or the next step to take could make one feel completely lost and alone. Professor Rhyana Raheem recalls feeling at a complete loss when she was first diagnosed [...]
Getting Funky with socks
Crossing his legs, a tinge of red peeks out from the gap between the end of Shehan Casie Chetty’s trouser and shoe. The striking red among the muted colours is one such product from Shehan’s latest venture “Funky Socks”. Noting our pointed gaze Shehan aloofly grins “I’m very passionate about socks.” Hailing from its inception [...]
Como: One of a kind fashion destination
For Madhu Wijesinghe, stitching is a skill that she learned at her mother’s knee. Her interest in sewing started when she made alterations in her own clothes as a child. Today, as the founder of her own clothing line, COMO Apparels, Madhu is ever grateful for her parents, Irangani and Sunil Wijesinghe for inspiring her [...]
Magical performances at ‘The Prince of Egypt’
It was a glittering night for the girls of Ladies’ College when old and young flocked to the hall, weaving the school colours of red and white into the audience milling around. The senior school was bringing to the stage the biblical story of Moses with the dramatic, adventurous musical, ‘The Prince of Egypt.’ They [...]
Maroon 5 to perform at the Super Bowl
Maroon 5 have been selected to perform during the half time at the US Super Bowl next year. The event will take place at the Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta, Georgia next February. Two young musicians whose lives ended a few months ago have been brought together in a duet. Lil Peep who died aged [...]