“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own Many of the well-to-do and...
by Kumar David The government is in retreat analysts say. Strategists in the opposition, smelling blood, are hopeful of replacing President and Parliamentary majority in 2024...
by Ifham Nizam ‘The Great Days of Colombo’ by Assif Hussein was released recently. This profusely illustrated and compelling work tells the story of how Colombo...
by ECB Wijesinghe I am beholden to my friend, Mervyn Casie Chetty, lawyer, poet, wit and reigning king of the Colombo Chetty community, for the fund...
by Sanjeewa Jayaweera I suppose we need to be thankful for even small gestures in these desperate times. So, the recent statement attributed to the Minister...
by Goolbai Gunasekara Although I am now an ex- Principal of an International School, I am still asked the same questions albeit in varied degrees of...
By Uditha Devapriya For Sinhala nationalists, I daresay the history of Sri Lanka remains the history of the Sinhala people. This begs two questions: one, who...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Having had to restrict our activities severely for almost two years, all that we are dreaming of is normal times—nothing more! As...
Ruminations on Sri Lanka’s Ancient Past – Part VII By Seneka Abeyratne While the building of small-scale irrigation reservoirs or minor tanks was undertaken largely by...
At Home – Part III By Ransiri Menike Silva When Peeping Tom’s room fell vacant it was snapped up by a terminally ill cancer patient from...