Rummaging in dustbins and coming up with treasures
As the story goes, Lloyd Oswald Felsianes was a merchant seaman who “in the traditional way of Burgher boys back then” ran away from school, went on board a ship, and sailed all around the world. He was the only man from Ceylon aboard every ship he worked on, his grandson Lieutenant Commander (Retd.) Somasiri [...]
One with nature & community amidst a Kandyan Forest Garden
A forest is a haven, especially after a five-hour crawl along the traffic-infested road from Colombo to Digana.As we passed one dusty town centre after another, it was easy to believe Sri Lanka had become an urban island. But towards the end of the journey, after a sharp turn at the village of Wepathana, we [...]
Letters to the Editor
Elections: Kudos for COVID-19 preparations, but what about the old and handicapped? The painstaking efforts being made by the Election Commission to ensure that the general election is held despite the prevailing COVID- 19 pandemic is much appreciated. I would like to make one further request to the Commission, namely, to direct that the polling [...]
Appreciations
Fond memories that will be etched forever in our hearts Sithy Ossman It is with much grief that we received the sad news of the passing away of Sithy Ossman after a brief illness on March 26 at her home in London. Aunty Sithy was the daughter of the leading gem and jewellery dealer O.L.M. [...]
Architecture, art and food
Last week, a group of art and architecture enthusiasts were treated to a preview of Dayanita Singh’s photographs of Lunuganga Chairs, at the Lunuganga Estate – especially verdant after the southwest monsoons. Singh’s photographs were the latest of the site-specific works to be added to the “The Gift: Installation Series” for the Geoffrey Bawa centenary [...]
The one that got away – Ruvin de Silva
In 2007, aged 21, and working as a cash-teller at HSBC, Ruvin de Silva began rehearsals for his first play, Chatroom, and ‘at every single rehearsal, there was this guy with this massive black camera’, unlike anything he’d seen on anyone before. That man was Deshan Tennekoon (‘The One That Got Away’, Sunday July 19). [...]
Lankan prof honoured by American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Ajit Yoganathan was in the limelight of both engineering and medicine this year, when the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) named the acclaimed Sri Lankan-born biomedical engineer their first honorary fellow. He is the first recipient of an award tailormade to recognize persons who are not cardiothoracic surgeons but have made contributions to [...]
A timely book on hope
Kamala Wijeratne has published her poems and short stories since 1983 but she released her maiden novel ‘An Untold Story’ just this year. She received the Sahithyarathna – Life Time Award in September 2019 and has won State Literary Awards thrice for her poetry and short fiction, as well as awards from publishers S. Godage [...]
An evening of Bollywood classics and contemporary music online
An evening of Bollywood classics and contemporary music featuring a father-son duo from India – Greeny and Alosh, will be streamed live on Sunday, August 9, at 6.30 p.m. on the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), Colombo FACEBOOK page https://www.facebook.com/ICCRSriLanka. Music runs in the family going back four generations starting from great grandfather K.L Akhgar [...]