Michael Roc wins the 2018 BRISLA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literary Arts
Michael Roc Thomas’s book of verses, ‘Seeing Better Now’, has been awarded the 2018 BRISLA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literary Arts. This is the fourth year of the British Sri Lankan Association awards, and the ceremony was held last Saturday at the historic Long Room at Lord’s Cricket Ground, an apt location that celebrates [...]
Jayantha launches bicycle project
Western Provincial Councillor and Pragna Pradeepa initiator Jayantha de Silva launched a bicycle distribution project for low-income families with the funds allocated to him by the Western Provincial Council.
Positive Living with PD – Support Group meeting
The next meeting of the Positive Living with PD – Support Group Meetingwill be on Tuesday, October 23, at 6 p.m. at the Methodist Church, Mount Lavinia (opposite S. Thomas’ College on Hotel Road). Positive Living with PD is a secular, non-profit support group, that hopes to break through the stigma that surrounds Parkinson’s Disease(PD), [...]
The social scientist in Amunugama and the many facets of Lanka’s socio-political transformation
This book is a collection of essays written by Sarath Amunugama over many years on a variety of subjects relating to socio-economic change and political conflict in Sri Lanka. Jayadeva Uyangoda positions these essays in the following way. “In this collection of essays, Sarath Amunugama deals with one of the central themes of Sri Lanka’s [...]
Ambedkar: A man who fought all his life to end discrimination
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was best known as a social reformer who campaigned against social discrimination against Dalits (untouchables). Ambedkar was born into a poor low Mahar (Dalit) caste, members of which were treated as untouchables in India. (We should note here in parentheses that 50 years earlier, it was our own Anagarika Dharmapala who developed the first Dalit [...]
Kalinga to run for BASL presidency
President’s Counsel Kalinga Indatissa has declared his intentions to contest the post of President, Bar Association of Sri Lanka, at the election scheduled to be held in February next year. Kalinga Nandaka Indatissa had his early education at St. Mary’s College, Kegalle and at Royal College, Colombo. After passing his Advanced Level Examination, he joined [...]
Tulabhara: An age-old tradition revived for a worthy cause
Traditionally, Sri Lankans are well known for their generosity, particularly when it comes to feeding the maha sangha and the poor. From the early times it was the royalty that was in the forefront in liberality. King Devanampiyatissa had constructed a refectory called Mahapali to store the provisions for a thousand bhikkhus. According to Mahavamsa, [...]
The Sino-American cold war’s collateral damage
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – The escalating trade feud between the United States and China is increasingly viewed as the opening campaign of a new cold war. But this clash of titans, should it continue to escalate, will cost both parties dearly, to the point that even the winner (more likely to be the US) would probably [...]