I am hopeful that in my lifetime I am going to see a disruptive change in the eating and wearing of animal flesh. It is coming...
By Uditha Devapriya Though Orson Welles didn’t think much of it, Elia Kazan’s adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire is the finest Tennessee Williams film I...
By Rohana R. Wasala (Continued from June 19, 2021/SATMAG) Although I could have enrolled for the external degree programme as a private candidate without revealing my...
Geographical factors prepare the agrobase while astrological factors determine the time-frame of our annual Solar Festival. As prominence given to more mundane things has held sway...
By Rohana R. Wasala I do not know the thin reek of blood, the stench of seared flesh, the cracked irreducible bone; I know only the...
This is a controversial subject and I know it will attract allegations of communal bias. What puzzles me is: a Muslim urging his community members to...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana “As far as I am concerned, there is more than enough wisdom in Buddhism, even if I put the rebirth hypothesis on...
When Britain’s largest bakery, Greggs, brought, a vegan sausage roll into the market, it was attacked by a senior reporter as “Stalinist”, and the idea of...
by Uditha Devapriya Though their performances seem maudlin to us now, the earliest screen actresses earned their living through tears and sobs. When the one-reeler began...
It’s not just what you eat that is killing the earth and all its inhabitants. It is also what you wear. Every time you buy an...