By Uditha Devapriya Sumitra Peries turns 87 next week. In a career spanning five decades – or six, if we are to take her stints as...
By Nadeem F. Paracha Illustration by Abro Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws was published in 1974. In 1975 it was turned into a film. For years various cultural critics,...
World Wildlife Day celeberations in Los Angeles A Review by Nandasiri (Nandi) Jasentuliyana, Former Deputy Director-General, United Nations. “The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is...
By Uditha Devapriya After more than 40 years, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake’s Hansa Vilak reopened in theatres last Wednesday. Has it really been that long? My father was...
I have always held that it cannot be a coincidence that India’s richest community (the Jains) and biggest business families— Ambani, Birla, Jindal, Oswal, Munjal, Hinduja,...
Artificial insemination (AI) of cattle is widely practiced in countries with intensive cattle production. In 2017, the National Dairy Plan of this government aimed at artificial...
By Dr. Zubai Khaled Hug To understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, it helps to first look at how our bodies fight illness. When germs, such as...
By Chani Imbulgoda Rumi, the Persian poet, who lived in the 13th Century, said, “Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do… Eight...
By Uditha Devapriya Speaking at the launch of the 43 Senankaya, a month or so ago, Champika Ranawaka bemoaned the way voters, particularly young voters,...
By Uditha Devapriya The bicentenary of John Keats fell on Tuesday, February 23. When I think of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge today, what springs...