For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India’s southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in...
By Ifham Nizam In a tragic incident, Deeghadanthu, the largest tusker in Kalawewa National Park, fell victim to electrocution on the night of November 27th, marking...
by Rajan Philips If President AKD’s inaugural Policy Statement at the opening of parliament 10 days ago was mellifluous in its delivery, it was also meticulous...
By Uditha Devapriya In his address to parliament last Thursday, Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake called for a political culture free of racism and divisiveness....
The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society’s (WNPS) PLANT initiative recently joined forces with Interact District 3220, a youth-led movement in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, to...
by Jayantha Perera I joined the ADB in Manila in November 2002. The highlight of the new job as a social safeguard specialist was the opportunity...
(Excerpted from Simply Nahil: Maverick with the Midas touch, biography of Nahil Wijesuriya) It was on July 29, 2002. Nahil received a call from Mahen Thambiah...
“The Prime Minister felt betrayed. She was embarrassed, bitter and angry. She was sensitive to Mrs. Gandhi’s feelings” Excerpted from the autobiography of MDD Peiris, Secretary...
Dudley Senanayake in the short Parliament of March to July 1960 (Excerpted from Rendering Unto Caesar by Bradman Weerakoon) Family and background had been central in...
(Excerpted from Life is a Frolic by Goolbai Gunasekara) The one phrase calculated to galvanize any young person into flying out of bed is that magic...