Part IV As all cinema – goers in Sri Lanka know, the gallery is known as “The Gallows”. Long years ago, one Saturday night at a...
Clarence Wijewardena’s contributions to music industry By Saman Nagahawatte It has been 25 years since the passing away of Sri Lankan music legend Clarence Wijewardena, who...
Review of Rajiva Wijesinha’s Representing Sri Lanka S. Godage & Brothers, 2021, 189 pages, Rs. 750 By Uditha Devapriya I met Rajiva Wijesinha for the first...
By Ransiri Menike Silva ‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players’ – William Shakespeare Let me first introduce myself. I...
By Sarath Chandrajeewa “No matter how much a work of art is sweet, if it hides the truth and disregards humanity it can only be equalled...
By Uditha Devapriya Review of Shaveen Bandaranayake’s Groundswell Sarasavi Publications, 2021, 118 pages, Rs. 300 Half-way into Shaveen Bandaranayake’s novel, the Minister at the heart of...
Text and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVA Thirty two little ballerinas were presented with certificates of achievements and awards at the 2021 prize giving of The...
By Uditha Devapriya The female dancer’s form figures prominently in Sinhalese art and sculpture. Among the ruins of the Lankatilake Viharaya in Polonnaruwa is a series...
This month’s edition of Rendez-Vous with Yasmin and Kumar, on Tuesday 30 November at 7.00 pm on the YouTube channel of the Embassy of France in...
This is an amusing incident that took place several years ago. One evening we, then schoolboys, were playing soft ball cricket at the Mahinda College grounds,...