By Uditha Devapriya The novelist Last Saturday marked the 131st birth anniversary of Martin Wickramasinghe. In a career spanning 59 years – from his first...
By Uditha Devapriya Photos by Dhananjaya Samarakoon When they weren’t climbing Sri Pada or conversing with kings, the earliest foreign travellers to Sri Lanka were dwelling...
Around the world Muslims mark the Festival of Sacrifice on the 10th day of the holy month of Dhu-al-Hijjah. It honours Abraham’s willingness to slay his...
BOOK REVIEW Author: Dr. Siri Galhenage, Psychiatrist [Retd.] Publisher: S. Godage & Brothers [Pvt] Ltd Reviewed by: Sharad Sharma, Engineer [Retd.] “The speech … encourages the...
21st May, 2021 marked the 29th death anniversary of this unassuming colossus who perhaps had done more for the people of Sri Lanka than many others...
Text and pics By Uditha Devapriya At some point in our childhood, the world beyond Omanthai and Kilinochchi disappeared from view. Our teenage years were filled...
The day that the COVID testing team (I have no idea where they came from. There are so many astronaut like creatures floating about from so...
By Uditha Devapriya Samir Amin, who passed away in 2017, wrote frequently on the dangers of fundamentalist nationalism in the Global South. As with Lenin, Trotsky,...
Islam is not a primitive culture and spirituality. It is the culture of Islam that has led to many of the advancements in human knowledge, that...
Sarasaviya took this picture of Punya and Milroy at their home after the “Abhimani” Legendary Award was conferred on Punya, during their last visit to Sri...