A writer of everywhere
There is a reason one doesn’t often ask the writer Michael Ondaatje for an interview – not only because of a sense that he prefers living offstage, but also in fairness to his own quiet manner of supporting writers, artists and their cultural landscape. In recent years, I have come across a number of writers [...]
Letters to the Editor
We must support the Govt. to overcome the present crisis After the April 21 terrorist attacks, the country is facing many difficulties. The Government is trying their best to bring the situation under control. The economic situation of the country is not good. Political stability is also not good. The tourism industry is facing very [...]
Appreciations
Every Ramazan is going to be empty since you are no more Sulaiman Jiffrey Mohideen Innah Lilahi WaInnah Illaihi Rajyoon – Surely we belong to Allah and to him we shall return. It is almost a year since my dearest friend and mentor Sulaiman Jiffrey Mohideen, Advocate, whom his friends and I fondly called ‘Moiya’ [...]
National Photographic Art Society exhibition
The 43rd Annual Photographic Exhibition of the National Photographic Art Society of Sri Lanka, was declared open on June 7 at the J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo 7 by chief guest, senior cinematographer M. D. Mahindapala. The exhibition ends today, June 9.
WNPS lecture: The climate and us
Dr. Erandathie Lokupitiya will deliver the monthly lecture of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society on ‘Climate Change and our responsibility’ on Thursday, June 20 at 6 p.m. at the Jasmine Hall, BMICH, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7. The focus on the issue of climate change has increased during the last few decades due to the [...]
Timeless moments from Indian artist
R.B. Santosh Kumar, an accomplished Indian artist will hold his exhibition of paintings ‘Timeless Moments’ at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery next weekend, June 14 and 15. Working with oils, watercolours and acrylic, his work is inspired by Nature which he attributes to the memories of his childhood spent in the verdant state of Kerala [...]
A voice for unity, diversity and healing
Life can break us; But, courage allows the healing that makes us stronger. When Anoma Wijewardene was invited to exhibit at the European Cultural Centre’s Personal Structures: Identities, a collateral exhibition of the Venice Biennale, it was her series Kintsugi, which explores the search for harmony and renewal in a world of unconscionable intolerance and [...]
Restoring a home, regaining a bit of history
All Amila de Mel had was one photograph and Sharmini de Saram’s memories to help her recreate a certain shade of pink. The complex colour, layered with rich undertones of mango yellow, dominates an external wall in the newly renovated De Saram House in Colombo 7. It was inspired by Druvi de Saram’s love of [...]