MMCA: Art for the people
Walking into the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka’s new location within Crescat Boulevard, you’ll see the ghosts of past spaces on its floors. Its floors betray the infrastructural hemming that has taken place to make the museum – the seams of eight – nine shops that previously occupied the area before the [...]
Bringing her fearless murals to Colombo
“I paint huge murals on the street that are often 60 feet high and 60 feet wide while I’m hanging off a six-storey building in the freezing cold with a huge brush in my hand,” Shilo Shiv Suleman describes a typical day as she takes to the streets to create bold and colourful murals centred [...]
Appreciations
His adventurous spirit and humour will brighten up our memories Dr. Daya Rodrigo It is with deep sadness that I say goodbye to my cherished Daya mami who passed away on 22.2.22, after a short illness. While his family misses him deeply and will always grieve his loss, we rejoice in the fact that he [...]
Letters to the Editor
Renewal of FDs: Adding more burdens on senior citizens The Sunday Times of March 20, had a news item by Ranjith Padmasiri reconfirming that from March 2022 Senior Citizens will have to report personally to the bank branch where they have special fixed deposits at 15 percent to renew their FDs for another period. The [...]
Dancing back to the stage with ‘Absolute Joy’
Lockdowns and pandemic delays, having to practise in the melting heat and by candlelight due to the ongoing power cuts have not dampened the enthusiasm of Naomi Rajaratnam and her dancers as they present their latest production ‘Absolute Joy’ next month at the Bishop’s College auditorium. Known for featuring an extensive mix of dance styles [...]
Learning about the past from the map makers of history
I do not know if the French geographer, Jacques Nicolas Bellin, who died 300 years ago – on March 31, 1772 – ever visited Sri Lanka. But his printed maps and copper engraved prints depicting the island and its scenes, are a fascinating record of the past. Bellin’s map of Ceylon was originally published in [...]
UK mags and books at bargain prices
Vijitha Yapa Bookshop at No. 30, Thurstan Road, Colombo 3 is having a sale of British magazines (including Hello, Women’s Weekly and OK!) at Rs. 100 upwards and foreign books including text books and classics from Rs. 50. In addition, UK magazines on cars, living, fashion, food etc., are also included in this sale which [...]
‘Staying awake while the patient sleeps’: A 50-year journey the College of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists
On March 26, 1972 the inaugural meeting of the Ceylon College of Anaesthetists was held in the Consultants Lounge of the General Hospital, Colombo. The objectives of the College were to (i) advance the knowledge of and to promote research in anaesthesia (ii) promote post graduate education in anaesthesia and (iii) promote fellowship among those [...]