A place for everyone
It was a project very close to his heart. When he embarked on remodelling a modest 1940’s state house in Mount Roskill, Auckland into a home for his extended family, architect Madushin Amarasekera channelled a concept rather unfamiliar to his adopted country but one more common in the land of his birth and that had [...]
“99% of COVID cases are harmless, right?”
In a speech at the White House in July this year, former US President Donald Trump claimed that the US had tested more than 40 million people and had shown that “99% of COVID cases were totally harmless”. Trump continued to spread his message that COVID was “far less serious than the seasonal flu” – [...]
Letters to the Editor
Unjust rent for Justice Ministry? With the increase of the number of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges, the requirement of additional chambers and staff facilities arises and no right thinking citizen would begrudge the relocation of the Justice Ministry which presently occupies the back of the Superior Court Complex. However, the decision of [...]
Appreciations
A source of strength and a joy to know Dr. Mahinda De Silva Jayasinghe Dr. Mahinda De Silva Jayasinghe, a Specialist Consultant, talented cricketer, devoted father, loving husband, caring brother-in-law and good friend is no more. From the day he joined our family, he was a source of strength and support as well as a [...]
Forging close bonds between Australia and Sri Lanka
They heard of the need, they came across the seas, they fanned out across the country, mingled, integrated and helped people in diverse settings. Due to unforeseen circumstances which came in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic this year, they were compelled to leave our shores with heavy hearts. However, one of them could not [...]
An evangelical majesty rings through this debut collection of poetry
Sandesh Bartlett’s mother was a literature teacher, so that before he was 10 he knew words like ‘hyperbole’ and ‘onomatopoeia’. But it was being in the choir stalls of the S. Thomas’ Mt. Lavinia chapel- captivated by the solemn beauty of all the liturgical praise and worship that kindled in him a love for language. [...]
A slice of life, imagined and experienced
The author has been a successful civil engineer, who had earned several international accolades for his contribution to some landmark civil engineering projects overseas. This book is his first contribution to the literary world. He has skillfully assembled 15 multifaceted stories, with diverse characters and incidents, encapsulating his personal experiences and imagination in Sri Lanka [...]