Lockdown lit up by the true meaning of Vesak
1955 was a landmark year for Ceylonese Buddhists. They had long been petitioning for Vesak to be made a public holiday. For five years committees had been fussing and pondering- till finally in Sir John Kotelawela’s last year of premiership the holiday was granted. From that point on Vesak was to gather more dazzle- each [...]
Staying connected in a time of social distancing
With a curfew in place these past several weeks, many of us have had to find new ways to communicate with friends and family. Though Sri Lankans have experienced numerous disasters both man-made and natural, from conflicts and insurgencies to tsunamis and landslides, the experience of living through the COVIDd-19 pandemic is an entirely new [...]
Letters to the Editor
Curfew: More questions than answers The general public needs to know who is making the decisions, as well as the underlying rationale, regarding the curfew regulations now in force. It is clear that the curfew is not being implemented properly and fairly. All sorts of people have been roaming around freely since the curfew was [...]
APPRECIATIONS
Her loving acts of kindness, words of counsel will always be remembered Savithri Esther Chandrapal Savithri Esther Chandrapal entered eternity on April 9. Savithri akka, as she was known among the clan, was the eldest child of nine, born to Vinacithamby Veluppillai of Vadaliyadaippu near Pandateruppu and Pararajasingham Neelathadchiamma of Lawton Road Manipay, who were [...]
Purrfect curfew companions
I have never been a cat person. Dogs, rabbits, even rats have featured in my life. Rarely cats. But as Sri Lanka went into lockdown, I became cat woman, owner of not one but six cats. It began months before in a Grama Niladhari’s office, where after a consultation, I found a small ginger and [...]
Travelling around the world and locked down in Lanka
It’s hard to find adventure whilst going through a lockdown, but being under lockdown in a strange country with a toddler is an adventure in itself, although perhaps a rather scary one. What travelling around the world has taught Annalisa and Rob Corrigan from the United Kingdom is the need to appreciate that “home is [...]
British Council launches Creative Economies report online
The British Council hosted a live event via Zoom to launch the findings of a research report ‘The creative and cultural industries in Sri Lanka’ on Saturday, May 2. The event saw speakers and panellists from both the UK and Sri Lanka join in -John Newbigin, the Ambassador for Creative Industries at Mayor of London, [...]