Today all the major religions of the world must respond to a double challenge. On one side is the challenge of secularism, a trend which has...
Buddhism offers a profound moral and philosophical framework aimed at guiding individuals toward enlightenment and alleviating suffering. A key aspect of this journey is understanding reality...
A deal to end the war on Iran has been negotiated and there is speculation whether the ceasefire would hold. The fact that Trump was looking...
On this pious Poson season, I am taking a moment to remember an extraordinary colonial official, R.W. Ievers (1850-1905), Government Agent (GA) of North Central Province...
Way back in 1844, Friedrich Engels, a wealthy school dropout from Germany, wrote the first of his many books, “The Condition of the Working Class in...
During the election period, soon after the killing of the so-called FARC (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia) dissident commander Iván Idrobo, alias Marlon, a question...
The editorial in last Sunday’s Sunday Island, captioned “Fuel Crisis: Beyond Price Debate,” deserves to be applauded because it called on both the government and the...
The journey into Anawilundawa begins on water, but the story unfolding there is far deeper than the stillness of a wetland morning. As the raft moved...
Recently, a Buddhist monk whom I deeply respect for his understanding of the Buddha’s teaching stated with absolute conviction that there is nothing wrong with eating...
My mother was from Paiyagala, a coastal fishing village 30 miles from Colombo and five miles from Kalutara. The old Colombo-Galle Road runs through the village,...