By Uditha Devapriya With input from Uthpala Wijesooriya, Pasinadu Nimsara, and Keshan Themira Archive images courtesy of the J. R. Jayewardene Centre On July 7, the...
By Uditha Devapriya The Buddha’s response to Mahaprajapati Gotami’s request for permission to enter the Buddha Sasana forms one of the more controversial episodes in the...
With the passing of Periyathamby Rajanayagam, another stalwart of the vintage days of left activism in Sri Lanka, is now gone. Rajanayagam was a trade unionist,...
By Uditha Devapriya The Buddhist revivalists of the late 19th century placed great emphasis on female education. Colonel Olcott spoke of the need for Buddhist girls’...
By Shazman Shariff A Sapan syndicated feature Seventeen-year-old Durva Bhasin in Jaipur had the morning off from school that Monday, as she walked to her Kathak...
By Mohamed Faslan WARSAW, Poland – Prof. Patrick Mendis, who travelled to, and worked in, more than 130 countries, had been recognised for “achieving a lifetime...
(Part I of this article appeared on 04 June) by Laleen Jayamanne A.J. Gunawardena wrote art criticism for The Island newspaper under the pseudonym Jayadeva. In...
