Blooming in a time of crisis
A dire national need……and long before those like supermarkets in the business of providing essentials got activated, a well-known wedding florist got cracking, using innovation, creativity and everything at his command to do a turnaround to fulfil the aspirations of the people. ‘Lassana Flora’ was into flowers and gifts such as cakes when COVID-19 gripped [...]
Forest healer
Weliwapathiranage Piyasena, 79, knows that he lives in a veritable treasure trove. His village Lankagama is surrounded by two rainforests- the Sinharaja and the Dellawa. The villagers live in dark glades which are fringes of the forest. Throughout centuries, the wisdom given by nature to the villagers has created an astounding repository of knowledge- invaluable [...]
Letters to the Editor
Thank you for tackling this mammoth task I, as a member of the public, would like to place on record, the gratitude I bear to the team led by the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Dr. Anil Jasinghe, the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Lt. Gen. Shavendra De Silva and others, for having controlled effectively [...]
Appreciations
Tribute to a treasured grandfather DONALD NUGAWELA Donald Nugawela was many things in life; an avid reader, creative writer and above all, a caring, gentle-hearted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather with a great sense of humour. He never grumbled about anything, was a very sensible, practical man with the patience of an ox and [...]
Celebrating literature in these times of COVID-19
Literature and the coronavirus have a bizarre connection. Recently a poem written by Kathleen O’Mara was doing the social media rounds, and it is an uncanny reflection of today’s situation. It was written in 1869 and reprinted in 1919 during the Spanish Flu pandemic. It talks of staying at home and the healing of humanity [...]
‘A Greener Home’ takes root
Events and social gatherings may have come to a standstill with the current restrictions in the country, but by staying virtually connected people have found ways to champion and raise awareness of different campaigns through social media. Virtually One — a project by Konfetti Events and the Rotaract Club of Pearl Island consists of a [...]
Gratiaen Prize 2019 shortlist on June 20
The Gratiaen Trust has announced that the shortlist for the Gratiaen Prize 2019 will be revealed on June 20. Here’s a brief look at the authors on the longlist and their works as the big day approaches for the country’s most coveted award for creative writing in English: [...]
Prevention of COVID-19: Handbook in Sinhala, Tamil and English
The Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention, originally written in Chinese and published by the Henan Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control has been published in Sri Lanka, in English, Sinhala and Tamil, by Neptune Publications. This handbook along with four more similar awareness books has also been published online and may be downloaded free of [...]