by Susantha Hewa Mindfulness is explained as the “basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not...
When I published earlier this year a book about my former students who had later become colleagues in subsequent educational innovations, I little thought that in...
Every year on May 15th, Palestinians worldwide commemorate the Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic. This day marks the tragic events of 1948, when hundreds of...
by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Reading Shamindra Ferdinando’s excellent article, titled, ‘Solheim is back’ (The Island, 8 May) makes one wonder whether a new viceroy is in...
by Gamini Jayaweera In recent weeks, we have observed a disheartening spectacle unfold between the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the JVP-led National People’s Power (NPP)...
The current generation of policy makers, administrators, academics and others can benefit from having access to several relevant books published in the past and now out...
The mid-day newscast showed a criminal who had been extradited from the Middle East arriving at Katunayake with a whole horde of policemen, including some from...
by Goolbai Gunasekara Goolbai@gmail. com To quote. “Religion should be the motor of life, the central heating plant of personality, the faith that gives joy to...
By an apolitical aficionado Things are beginning to hot up and even persistently simmer quite a bit ahead of the presidential election to be held in...
In ‘The Island’ of 19 May 2018, in an article titled “Cleaning the Augean stables or the Judiciary”, I had raised this question in vain. Nothing...