By Uditha Devapriya Continued from last week… The abolition of plantation slavery did not mark the end of plantations. Nor, for that matter, did it mark...
When Indian elephants meet African elephants, they recognise that they are both elephants. So do Indian tigers meeting Siberian ones. But I have great difficulty recognising...
By Uditha Devapriya Over two weeks, the George Floyd protests spread practically everywhere. From Kansas to Kenya, from Baltimore to Berlin, they turned into symbols of...
I cannot make up my mind: Is the meat eater, who eats dead animals killed in slaughterhouses, worse than the meat eater who kills the animal himself...
By Ashley de Vos In 1999, a proposal was made by the undersigned as President of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, to...
D.S. Senanayake Continued From Last Tuesday Then turning to Lord Soulbury, the mud-spattered farmer said “How do you do, my Lord? I read in the papers...
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree Author: Shokoofeh Azar Translated by Anonymous Europa Editions, US ISBN: 978-1609455651 256pp. Reviewed by Anushka Hosain Fleeing from the Revolutionary...
My mother, who is remembered by friends and family alike as the world’s most buoyant and caring person, spent the last few months of her life...
By SNA chubsna@gmail.com A non-scientist studies Nature but with determinants of diverse sorts, personal prejudices, religious beliefs or even illiteracy. A scientist explores and quantifies natural...
By Uditha Devapriya The faintest smile lit up her face. As her eyes widened, she seemed almost at ease. Then she leapt to the past, letting...