Taking off with their passion for wheels
In the world of miniatures, Gotabaya and Sachindi Abeyagoonasekera stand tall with their meticulous recreations of miniature models and dioramas. What began as a pastime has grown into G&S Miniatures, a company founded by Gotabaya and his wife Sachindi, specializing in limited edition handcrafted cement composite model cars among other products and collectibles. Miniature model [...]
Carl Sagan award for Dr. Ray
In 1980s TV, there was a ‘black hole’ that sucked in a whole generation of young viewers, and spewed back scientists, space geeks, evolutionists and poets. This was Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, a documentary series that brought to living rooms the fascinating mysteries of the universe. Ray Jayawardhana was a teenager in Sri [...]
Chandima’s gem industry-inspired design wins at Asia Young Designer Awards
Representing Sri Lanka at the Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA), Chandima Gawarammana, an architecture graduate of the University of Moratuwa was the proud winner of the Best Design Impact for his design of a Gem Promotional Centre. Due to COVID-19, the competition was held virtually with participants making online presentations to a panel of international [...]
Letters to the Editor
Parliamentary election 2020: In the eyes of the voter In the presidential election in November last year, 13.38 million (83.72% of total votes) exercised their franchise. In the August 5 parliamentary election, only 12.34 million voters (75.89%) voted. Voter apathy is further vindicated by the number of rejected votes. Rejected votes at the 2019 presidential [...]
Appreciations
To those hostel days at Dharmaraja College Dhammika Ganganath Dissanayake Goodbye Dhammika, my childhood friend! It was on January 13, 1966, I saw you lying on a C dorm bed, homesick after your father left you at the Dharmaraja College Hostel. That was 54 years ago when both of us became boarders for the next [...]
CFW 2020: Responsibility in Fashion takes centre stage
Day 2 of CFW brought together art and fashion with readings by Ashok Ferrey and a performance by Kishani Jayasinghe as models walked down the ramp showcasing designers like Aslam Hussein, KOCA by RN, WRAITH and more. From exquisite jewellery which included a bespoke pair of earrings embedded with LED lights from Vogue Jewellers, classy [...]
Celebrating women’s achievements gets (R) Evolutionary this year
It’s time once again to recognise and celebrate the achievements of women in their respective fields in the tenth edition of the Top 50 Professional & Career Women Awards Sri Lanka 2020. The awards are hosted by Women in Management (WIM), in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the sixth consecutive year. Nominations for [...]
The one that got away – Tashiya de Mel
Tashiya de Mel opened her Instagram account, ‘lostinCeylon’, in 2017, as a place where people could find inspiration, new places to see, and tips on what to do there. ‘At the start, I just wanted to photograph beautiful landscapes.’ But an intro course to documentary photography proved a turning point, and she decided she wanted [...]