It’s all about cheese
Blocks, wedges and slices of processed cheese are what most Sri Lankans consider to be cheese because apart from the imported cheeses that are most often highly-priced, the variety available here is very limited. Enter Maia Donadze, the Georgian national who has been making a name for herself as a cheesemaker in Sri Lanka. A [...]
Capturing nature’s colours and shapes
“I can’t say that I’m entirely self-taught because it’s in my genes, it all comes from my family,” says artist and sculptor, Geetha Senewiratne. A recipient of the Presidential award for the best sculpture titled ‘Dushkarakriya” at the 79th annual exhibition of the Ceylon Society of Arts in 1983, she credits her family for her [...]
The architect behind Colombo’s Grand Mosque
On May 1, 2002, the then Editor of The Island newspaper, Gamini Weerakoon, wrote an appreciation on his close friend Ananda Peiris on his third month death anniversary, mentioning among many things that Mr. Peiris had designed the Colombo Grand Mosque at Pettah. Very keen to see her father’s creation, my wife Anoushka and I [...]
The life and work of a modern master unveiled
A select gathering was present at the Lionel Wendt to raise a glass to Wendt on Wendt, the exhibition which kick started Tuesday giving exclusive insight into the maverick photographer, musician and master of Alborado, the ashram-like house in Guildford Crescent which is today the theatre. Anu Weerasuriya, curator, took the visitors through the sepia [...]
COLD Theatre 7 returns with Agatha Christie thriller
Returning to the stage after 2019’s ‘Grease – The Musical’, COLD Theatre 7 will stage their production of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery classic, ‘Witness for the Prosecution’. The taut courtroom drama will go on the boards at the Lionel Wendt Theatre from November 17 – 20. Set in 1950’s London, the charge is murder and [...]
Letters to the Editor
Praiseworthy team work at Kandy General Hospital I’m prompted to write about a team of bee-like workers I encountered at the General Hospital, Kandy. From the gate-keeper onwards, human qualities were integrated with efficiency. Firstly the prompt service rendered by the Emergency Ambulance Service 1990 and the staff of the Intensive Care Unit. I happened [...]
APPRECIATIONS
Memories go back to Kindergarten days M. M. SIDDIQ GHOUSE Siddiq Ghouse has been one of my best friends since we first talked to each other in Mrs. Croning’s (she was the aunt of another friend Angus Croning) Kindergarten Class at Royal Primary. We stayed close friends during these early years where he distinguished himself [...]