Mirror Magazine
Tristan’s Conquest – The Knights : An epic Sri Lankan fantasy
Most people shake off a bad dream and go back to sleep but Ashan Jayatilaka knows “that’s a waste of ideas.” Reflecting on a ‘loosely connected series of nightmares’ as he terms them is what inspired his first book- the first contemporary fantasy fiction novel in the country. “I have no idea where they came [...]
A beggar’s tale
Manu stared at the old man’s stained teeth smiling at him. ‘Here, here, little boy, take it, take it,’ the old man insisted. Manu looked at the parcel and took it eagerly. He returned the old man’s smile and ran straight home. That is, to the big tree they took shelter under, at night. The [...]
Best of the Bard
The Inter-school Shakespeare Drama Competition 2014, jointly organised by the Colombo YMCA and Rotary Club of Colombo North drew to a conclusion recently. Girls’ School Finals It was a grand beginning as Devi Balika Vidyalaya ascended the stage with their version of ‘A Comedy of Errors’. At the fully packed auditorium of Bishop’s College, where [...]
