‘As Arjie’s Amma I kind of came with the toolbox’
To get into character for Auntie Netta, Nimmi Harasgama compresses her jawline like an accordion to give the illusion of multiple chins. Since her initial appearances over a decade ago, her clothes are now updated to island-appropriate kaftans. Netta’s makeup is chaotically blotted lipstick, which strays out of her lip line. The braided wig has [...]
A new chapter begins with archive on Lionel Wendt
The Trustees of the Lionel Wendt Memorial Fund launched the Archive on Lionel Wendt and the Centre for the Arts built in his memory, on December 3, to commemorate Wendt’s 120th birth anniversary. The 120th Birth Anniversary Commemorative Programme commenced with a tribute to Lionel Wendt’s first love – music. The Young Musicians Concert featuring [...]
Letters to the Editor
This Christmas: Less on celebration, more on contemplation It is the first week of December, and my thoughts wing back to Christmases past. This year is different, very, very, different. Because I feel guilty. Guilty, about thinking of all the things we usually do during this Season of Blessings and good cheer. It is not [...]
Appreciations
Fond memories of our Richmond days will always remain Madhawa Waidyaratne Madhawa was a versatile and multifaceted intellectual par excellence who displayed unparalleled skills in many disciplines. He was an administrator of the highest calibre, author, poet, composer, musician and most of all, a humble gentleman. He held prominent positions in the state administration as [...]
Let the leopard roam
The threat status of the endemic Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)–one of nine global leopard sub-species and the only large terrestrial predator on the island – has recently been downgraded from Endangered (EN) to Vulnerable (VU) on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) International Red List of Threatened Species.This is positive [...]
Book mark this book man
For this week’s ‘Notes on Resilience’, we speak to Hafleen Dawood, a secondhand and rare book seller based in Wellawatte, better known as Deen the Book Man. In-between receiving customers at his Saturday stall at the Good Market, he paused to speak about how the pandemic affected book sales and how he adjusted to meet [...]