Cube and colour: Barefoot team’s passion on show
“What Barefoot does best is colour and proportion. Our beautiful, clear and simple colour schemes and the geometric patterns they follow are what defines us,” said Jane Conrad, Design Coordinator at Barefoot. Quite natural then, that their newest exhibition is titled ‘Cube and Colour’-a collection of weavings and patchwork from the Barefoot Design team and [...]
Young voices say NO
It was at a lecture on Violence Against Women & Children given by Myrtle Mendis, a highly reputed Family Counsellor that I first heard the extraordinary story of a little-known aspect of “Sri Lanka UNITES – Youth Movement for Hope and Reconciliation”. Mrs. Mendis said that groups of schoolboys who were members of this Movement, [...]
Book a dinner with your favourite cricketers
With T20 fever hitting us right now, Trekurious, Sri Lanka’s premium experiential travel portal is offering a celebrity cricket experience. Trekurious brings to cricket fans a wide array of experiences to choose from, including a dinner hosted by Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena and 2012 ICC Cricketer of the Year Kumar Sangakkara – at their [...]
Teacher-pupil duo makes waves
It was a guru-gola (teacher-student) effort that led to Sri Lanka gaining prominence at an international Environmental Olympiad held recently. With 125 environmental projects being selected from 50 countries for the 20th International Environment Project Olympiad held in Turkey, Istanbul, it was a proud moment for Sri Lanka when the teacher-student duo from Learnium International [...]
