The Black Cloud Fred Hoyle’s classic science fiction novel “The Black Cloud” is story that is set in the late 1960s and deals with the societal...
Second death anniversary When Charmalee asked me if I could write an appreciation of her father, K H J Wijayadasa, to mark his second death anniversary,...
Eighty years have passed, and yet no instrument of war has emerged as absolute, as unrelenting, or as exquisitely engineered for annihilation as the nuclear weapon....
(Continued from last week) In these circumstances, I had an earnest discussion with the Minister. I told him that in my view it would be disastrous...
Israel is making headlines with its attacks within West Asian countries not limited to Palestine, and it will be interesting to see how the present government...
A little over a month ago, I received a phone call in the early hours of the morning from Ralston Joseph. His voice, though calm, carried...
By Uditha Devapriya Review of “Thomia: The Entangled Histories of Lanka and Her Greatest Public School” by Richard Simon. In 2 volumes. Lazari Press. 869 pages....
(Continued from last week) Premadasa’s Fascination with New Technology Premadasa was fascinated by the new technology available at the time. The mobile telephone was not yet...
“Every country gets the Government it deserves” – Joseph de Maistre’s philosophical assertion must surely apply to Sri Lanka. For the people, too, have been responsible...
The never-ending soap opera of Trump and his tariffs continues to engross the world, with nations around the world wary of provoking or alienating Trump while...