By Uditha Devapriya The films of Prasanna Vithanage come back to you long after you’ve seen them. They move you, chasten you, sometimes make you angry,...
By Sunil Dharmabandhu Life in a town called Moratuwa, Ceylon, as it used to be called in the mid-1940’s was simple and austere. It succeeded when,...
by B. Nimal Veerasingham A YouTube parody song that I watched recently, captures the conversation between the Mission Control and the two astronauts just landed on...
By Uditha Devapriya When he first makes an appearance in Gamperaliya, Gamini Fonseka has turned his back to us. As Jinadasa, the man who is to...
Book Review Title: ‘Civil Wars in South Asia – State, Sovereignty, Development ‘ Editors : Aparna Sundar and Nandini Sundar Publisher: SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd....
By Uditha Devapriya The medical profession in Ceylon was, by the late 19th century, following patterns set down in most of the European colonies in Asia....
By Dr F E Dias Introduction A solution to the Covidian problem was eagerly awaited – and emerged in a legion of vaccines. The development of...
Uditha Devapriya By the 14th century, trade routes between the East and West had made it easier for pandemics to spread, while conquests by the Spanish...
Reviewed by Jagath C Savanadasa By any account, Piyadasa Sirisena, who died 76 years ago, is a legend. He literally entered history of this country through...
By Ranil Senanayake I walk the hills rising from an azure blue Caribbean Sea, and try to envision the history that I have been told, a...