Mirror Magazine
Making inroads into city traffic
What you know Road.lk for is not exactly what Raditha Dissanayake had in mind for the site. After a fair share of glowering in traffic, his intention was to reduce the number of vehicles on the streets. “I read that young people in Europe would rather buy a phone than a car,” which in turn [...]
Creating opportunities for young performers in Kandy
The Open Mic at Castelo, Kandy, recently has opened up a great opportunity for all young performers in the city, as many budding musicians see it. Organisers Kishin Siva and Adrian Selvarajah have sparked a fever for some good entertainment among the hill-city dwellers, and Mirror Magazine caught up with some of the artistes behind [...]
Giving card games a burst of enthusiasm
The most-backed Kickstarter project of all time is a simple card game. Matthew Inman, the creative genius behind the online comic The Oatmeal, initially asked backers to come forward and raise $10,000 to bring the Exploding Kittens card game to life. The game, co-developed with Elan Leeand Shane Small, features all the stuff the three [...]
Submissions for Annasi & Kadalagotu Vol V
Submissions for the Annasi & Kadalagotu Vol V are open until March 15, 2015. Poets are encouraged to send in their most recent, previously unpublished work to publisher@kadalagotu.com Annasi & Kadalagotu, coined by Capt Elmo Jayawardena, author of Sam’s Story (Gratiaen Prize 2001) and co-founded by Imaad Majeed, is a small-press publishing house based in [...]