Back to the moon with a roomful of memorabilia
Clustered around radios, in times long past, every crackle, every sound would be followed by intense silence so as not to miss a single word and then a burst of “oohs” and “aahs”. Streaming over the radio were communications from a celestial body – not from ‘moon beings’ but from the very first human beings [...]
Letters to the Editor
Doctors of doom and their prophecies of perdition Day in, day out, some misguided media seeking sensationalism to sell either their print or TV programmes use so-called men and women of letters to denigrate authority, through exaggerated melodrama and create the necessary authenticity in achieving their monetary objectives. When truth is on the sacrificial altar [...]
Appreciations
Our beautiful Rose will blossom no more Leeshani Wijesinghe Like any ordinary girl in her early 20’s, Leeshani was filled with so much spirit and aspirations, but all those came to an end with her untimely demise on April 21 due to extremists’ bombing at Shangri- La. She was kind- hearted, smart and caring, adored [...]
Swim Week to make a bigger splash
“This will be the biggest that we have done,” Founder and Managing Director of Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) AjaiVir Singh said at the launch of Celebrate Colombo and CFW Swim Week Colombo 2019. CFW Swim Week Colombo is back for its fifth year celebrating the Swim and Resort season and this year will also include [...]
History amidst the Cherry trees
Despite having visited Japan several times during the past few years while our daughter was working as a teacher in a town close to Osaka, it was only in April this year that we finally visited Japan’s capital city Tokyo – the world’s most populous metropolis. Getting there was easy – Sri Lankan Airlines has [...]
Lofty synergism and bravura technique
Three virtuoso musicians – Sahana Banerjee (sitar), Prabhu Edouard (tablas), and Shani Diluka (piano) – converged from India and France to perform as a trio at the Bishop’s College Auditorium on July 9. Banerjee is Indian while Edouard is Indo-French. Shani Diluka, who is of Sri Lankan descent, was born and raised in Monaco. Prior [...]
Giving young readers a wildlife adventure
Fun, educational and uniquely Sri Lankan – ‘Eyesha and The Great Elephant Gathering’ is the latest children’s picturebook to hit the shelves by author and Speech and Drama teacher Nadishka Aloysius. The story follows the journey of Eyesha, a baby elephant, who is setting off on her first journey to Minneriya National Park where new [...]
It’s almost a life in poems
Premini Amerasinghe’s A Tapestry of Verse is something of a flying carpet– a collection of poetry which has imbibed colours from China, the Seine, the Niagara Falls, the Swiss Alps and- indeed- England, which is more home to her than her native Kandy; the place that fostered her soul; her spiritual Mecca. For it must [...]