A listening ear just a phone call away
Ensconced within the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Angoda, a small, cosy and quiet room is acting as the nerve-centre for anyone from anywhere in the country to “unburden” themselves. Speaking softly and gently into two phones are two nurses wearing headsets, fielding the calls from across the country and providing solid support. [...]
Letters to the Editor
Easter Sunday tragedy: Where’s the sincerity towards reconciling and healing? “The strife is oér, the battle done; Now is the Victor’s triumph won; Now be the song of praise begun Hallelujah!” The hymn on Christ’s resurrection, on that glorious Easter Sunday morning was cut short by the sound of blaring sirens. Telephones started to ring, [...]
Appreciations
He left behind a rich legacy at Pera EFac J.A. Gunawardena Prof J.A. Gunawardena graduated from the University of Ceylon in 1959 with first class honours in Electrical Engineering and served on the academic staff continuously from 1961 till his retirement in December 2002. He was a true servant of the Peradeniya Engineering Faculty who [...]
Making the cut: Between writer and editor
The emails would initially arrive once a week. Sometimes there would be nothing for weeks. Then out of the silence, would come a solitary word – typed a hundred times over: ‘Alone’. It was an uncertain often faltering process. But she kept faith with the young woman suffering from schizophrenia whose only commitment had been [...]
Guess where Shakespeare goes for inspiration?
Elsie’s Bar was teetering with an an overdose of Elizabethan ego. No less than the Bard of Avon had deigned to drop in, and in his rich silk doublet, ruff and breeches was lording it like a peacock. The Floor by O! down the rum old Maitland Crescent was doing the honours as an Elizabethan [...]
Sharing her work with wider audience, Anoma’s desire
Launching her Monograph ‘Anoma’ at Colombo’s Shangri-La Ballroom on Monday before a convivial gathering that included Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prof. Maithree Wickramasinghe, artist Anoma Wijewardene spoke of her urgency to share her work with a wider audience. “As many of you are aware, my art has consistently focused on my concerns for the [...]
A joyous b’day with friends and family
Sheranee Sellamuttu celebrated her 77th birthday with her many friends and family joining the party at the JAIC Residences. Pix by Sameera Weerasekera
A visual treat and the story of an artist and her country
This book is not only a retrospective of Anoma’s artistic life, it is much more than that. Surely it is a powerful record of one woman’s life in images but it is also the story of the trials and tribulations of Sri Lanka, over the last 40 years. Embodied in the artist’s work is a [...]
An evening of choral music at the Cathedral
Taking centrestage at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour next Saturday, September 21 at 7 p.m. will be the Cathedral Choir joined by the ConCord Choir from Melbourne, Australia in an evening of choral music. They will be joined by the choirs of Wesley College, Colombo and Trinity College, Kandy. The evening includes many [...]