A couple of years ago, Sunil Sarath Perera published a collection of essays titled ‘Mathaka Nimnaya,’ or ‘The valley of memories.’ Memoirs, essentially. The author of...
You choke beauty that surrounds With noisy fuming monsters That drive terror In us walkers, strollers, and pedestrians Mama dannay ne Ay Kolamba Ay? No sidewalks,...
In a world that often celebrates “day”, “arrival” and the “result” — the signed treaty, the product launch, the graduation ceremony — the history of the...
Palani Digambaram is not a politician known for grandstanding or abstract theorizing. As Deputy Leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance, an SJB Member of Parliament, and...
The authors are two Indians, Dr. Antony Vipin Das and Vidushi Duggal. They set out to explore some of the most important cultural and historical landmarks...
It cannot be gainsaid that without a Proceeds of Crime Act (or a similar piece of legislation with a different title) the fight to eliminate financial...
I accompanied Hitler Wickremesinghe on the recruiting mission Fifty years back there was no café culture in Colombo. There were no high-class coffee shops, no meeting...
Another area in which I intervened was in debates regarding communications, particularly about new technologies. Leftists, especially Vasudeva Nanayakkara, constantly complained about the presence of transmitters...
I must comment on an important feature of the Presidential Mobile Service. This was the review meeting with the President at the end of the service....
The energy we blame but never value: Sri Lanka’s public discussion on energy has, for decades, been dominated by electricity and petroleum. Biomass energy—primarily firewood and...