http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 16 May 2021 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/building-an-instrument-that-pulled-at-his-heartstrings-443879.html 15 May 2021 @ 1:16 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_443882 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;A rare skill: Carllin at his harp. Pic by Beurant Photography quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-443882 quot; title= quot;3 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/36.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;333 quot; / gt;[/c... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/kanya-gets-a-step-closer-to-big-prize-443857.html 15 May 2021 @ 1:07 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_443868 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Kanya D rsquo;Almeida: A strong voice for women. Pic by Nejma Nefertiti quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-443868 quot; title= quot;Pic-by-Nejma-Nefertiti quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Pic-by-Nejma-Nefertiti.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 q... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/letters-to-the-editor-443851.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:54 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;Need of the hour, prioritise COVID-19 vaccinations under Public Health lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; COVID is here to stay with us, not for months but years. nbsp; We cannot control this with curfews or quarantines alone. Those measures are temporary lsquo;patch-ups rsquo; executed by sensible nations to prevent their health services... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/appreciations-443843.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:49 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;A letter to a girl about the gardens that await lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; lt;strong gt;Christo Rodrigo lt;/strong gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-443844 quot; title= quot;Appreciation--Chairman's-request-pic quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Appreciation-Chairmans-request-pic.jp... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/human-connection-is-the-essence-of-life-443837.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:35 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_443838 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;Shyam Selvadurai perusing Wings: A story of hope quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-443838 quot; title= quot;Book-review--Wings--(Shyam-pic-2) quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Book-review-Wings-Shyam-pic-2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/a-parody-of-all-stories-443833.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:32 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_443834 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;200 quot; caption= quot;Lal Medawattegedara: Decons-tructing rationality and storytelling quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-443834 quot; title= quot;Gratiaen-series--Lal-M-pic quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Gratiaen-series-Lal-M-pic.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; w... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/grand-old-lankan-pays-tribute-to-fallen-comrades-on-anzac-day-443824.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:27 pm lt;strong gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright wp-image-443825 quot; title= quot;Image4612 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Image4612.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;270 quot; height= quot;360 quot; / gt;97-year-old Felicitas Appathurai served as a Radar Plotter with lt;/strong gt; lt;strong gt;the Royal Ceylon Air Force during World War II lt;/strong gt; Fe... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/learning-from-my-father-five-years-after-his-passing-443820.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:19 pm lt;div gt; I was mingling with the audience at a poetry reading in Toronto, where I had been reading some of my new poems, when I was approached by an audience member. He asked me a question that I rsquo;ve encountered before in some form or another throughout my entire artistic and professional career hellip; ldquo;Excuse me, are you by any chance related to Professor Ashley Halp eacute;? rd... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/long-fulfilling-journey-with-colombo-friend-in-need-society-443815.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:17 pm lt;div gt; To understand why and how I became a life member, member of the Board of Management and later Vice President of this 190-year-old charitable organization, I need to explain in brief my beginnings as a surgeon and my interest in artificial limbs.In 1969, as a lecturer in surgery at the Colombo Medical Faculty, I opted for specializing in vascular surgery in the UK which was mainly in... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/the-planets-humanity-piano-reflections-tanya-s-third-solo-album-released-443807.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:11 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-443808 quot; title= quot;The-Planets- amp;-Humanity---Piano-Reflections quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/The-Planets-Humanity-Piano-Reflections.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;224 quot; / gt; lsquo;The Planets amp; Humanity - Piano Reflections rsquo;, Sri Lankan-British composer-pianist, Dr... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/plus/protecting-horton-plains-443802.html 15 May 2021 @ 12:07 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright wp-image-443803 quot; title= quot;Dr-Rohan-Pethiyagoda quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/Dr-Rohan-Pethiyagoda.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;140 quot; height= quot;166 quot; / gt; lsquo;Conserving Horton Plains: What the Science Tells Us rsquo; is the title of Dr Rohan Pethiyagoda rsquo;s lecture for the Wildlife and Nature Protect...