By Uditha Devapriya Until the 1940s and 1950s, much of the arts in Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, remained the preserve of an English-speaking elite. They were...
By An Octogenarian On that historic morning of February 4, 1948 as the Lion flag of Ceylon proudly fluttered in the morning breeze at Independence Hall,...
By Uditha Devapriya R. Perera, who died last Monday, hailed from the same generation as Sumitra Peries, who passed away in January. A towering hulk of...