‘Look at what we share rather than our differences’
The week’s early meetings, soon after she arrived, were at the plush offices of politicians and policy-makers and the later meetings in the rural heartland of Anuradhapura with humble villagers, the very sons and daughters of the soil. We meet this top UN (United Nations) official soon after her return from the field trip and [...]
Big day for the boys in blue, white and gold
St. Peter’s College Colombo turns 100 on Tuesday, January 18, marking an important milestone in the school’s history for the boys in blue, white and gold. It was in 1922 that the Rector of St. Joseph’s College Colombo, Rev. Fr. Morris J. Le Goc launched its sister school – St. Peter’s College in Colombo 4 [...]
Letters to the Editor
Let’s get an independent body to reveal true state of affairs of the CB According to the Central Bank Governor, the country’s Forex reserves which was at the nadir at US $1.6 billion approximately has moved towards the zenith with current reserves being at US $ 3.5 billion. The Governor has not revealed as to [...]
Appreciations
Certainly this was a righteous man Thusith Mudalige Thusith was the first State Counsel I shared a chamber with, in the Ratnapura Circuit, my first outstation posting as a raw junior in the Civil Division of the Attorney General’s Department. I had no idea what to expect of a prosecutor in the Criminal Division, but [...]
Exploring many-layered ‘migration’
In her 2016 poem-manifesto, Cecilia Vicuna cracks open the meanings of everyday words – “immigrant”, “migrant”, “grant”, “species” – holding them up against new light and reflecting on the zeitgeist at the time. “Language is migrant. Words move from language to language, from culture to culture, from mouth to mouth. Our bodies are migrants; cells [...]
For the sister she loved and lost; a continuing crusade against cancer
It was in 2016 that Dr. Lanka Jayasuriya Dissanayake lost her sister Indira to breast cancer. An ebullient mother of two, Indira was unconscious for her last seven days as their father Karu Jayasuriya held her hand throughout at the hospital. It was posthumously that the idea for the Indira Cancer Trust was kindled and [...]
Paradise Road: A ‘must visit’ nod from London Financial Times
Paradise Road has been listed just this month as one of four ‘must visit’ boutiques and emporia to span the globe for, by the prestigious Financial Times, London. The list includes unique stores in Sydney, Marrakech and Tibet and focuses on a ‘stylish traveller’ experience. Thirty five years on from its establishment in 1987 by [...]