The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka held its 7th Annual Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences on March 27, 28 and 29 at the Mahaweli Centre. The chief guest was Chairperson of the University Grants Commission Prof. Kshanika Hirimburegama. Also in the photo are Prof. Ranjith Senaratne, Vice Chairperson of UGC, Prof. Y.S. Alone of Jawarhalal Nehru University, Vasantha Ekanayake, Secretary, Ministry of Culture and the Arts, Dr. Malini Dias, Vice President of RAS and Dr. Susantha Goonatilake, President of RAS making the inaugural speech.

Shaping minds

Letters

Why I didn’t vote – and why that matters not!

All that’s sweet and more with Kitul

On a sailboat round Lanka

Off to Kumamoto to see Japan’s famed cherry blossoms

Space and clean lines with a touch of fun

An unmatched legacy in Sinhala cinema

‘Political Kitsch’ with a barbed edge

For some it’s discards but for him it’s art

Land of the animals

Nature at its best

So you found some old currency…

A vindictive king and the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom

Colombo Philharmonic presents “Olivet to Calvary”

Setting the mood for those blues

Mozart would have liked a conductor on stage

Playing mnemonics with Mozart

Indian beauties add glam to Hameedias FH collection

Of style and life

Go ethnic with Aszai Studio

Christopher Ondaatje has a chat with the Ghost of Glenthorne

What the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya taught me

Leopards leap from the pages as do other wildlife

In the wonderland of the young

Appreciations

Letter from the Pope

Dr. Leena Chandhi Dharmarathne receives PhD

JASTECA CSR Awards

Holy Week services

SLMA Executive Committee members

The elephant in the room

Books presented to needy children

Lecture on ‘Historical Relations with Thailand’