http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:56:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/the-best-of-sinhala-fiction-in-2025-625907.html 27 December 2025 @ 1:53 pm lt;div gt;As a New Year approaches and resolutions have to be made, The Sunday Times proposes a peek into our vernacular literature - infinitely rich and sophisticated and ldquo;light years ahead of our English writing rdquo; as acclaimed bilingual author Madhubashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka said. lt;/div gt; Here we speak to the laureates of the year we are bidding adieu to: the five authors of t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/sri-lankas-water-champion-proud-of-work-initiated-by-appe-lanka-625894.html 27 December 2025 @ 1:41 pm lt;div gt; Many are the gratifying memories Shaan Corea recalls after being given a UAE Embassy Award as a ldquo;Water Champion rdquo; ndash; a title that fits her, given the crusades she has been leading with her organization Appe Lanka to secure clean water for people of our rural areas. lt;/div gt; As we sit in her Christmas-decorated home in Nawala, Shaan harks back to days spent in... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/a-path-to-literature-thanks-to-radio-ceylon-and-dostoyevsky-in-1954-625887.html 27 December 2025 @ 1:37 pm lt;div gt; In around 1954, Radio Ceylon, in its Sinhala broadcast, serialised Dostoyevsky rsquo;s Crime and Punishment. nbsp; I was a nine-year-old at the time. The reading of a translation of Dostoyevsky rsquo;s classic, partly dramatised with accompanying music, was, even for the child in me, riveting. lt;/div gt; We had in our home one of those HMV Valve Radios, housed in a Bakelite ca... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/letters-to-the-editor-8-625837.html 26 December 2025 @ 9:43 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;The need of the hour is a national plan for reconstruction lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; The loss of life and property damage caused by the recent cyclone and flood is significant. Cyclone Ditwah can be described as the most severe natural disaster in recent history. The property damage incurred exceeds that of the tsunami, and effort... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/appreciations-9-625831.html 26 December 2025 @ 9:34 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;Those Pera days and golden memories of lsquo;Mac rsquo; lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; lt;strong gt;Ernest Thalayasingham Macintyre lt;/strong gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_625832 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;250 quot; caption= quot;Ernest Macintyre and wife Nalini quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/you-step-into-a-cafe-and-leave-as-art-enthusiasts-625824.html 26 December 2025 @ 9:19 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_625828 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;175 quot; caption= quot;Nishendri Wariyapola quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-625828 quot; title= quot;Nishendri-Wariyapola quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251228/uploads/2025/12/Nishendri-Wariyapola.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;175 quot; height= quot;211 quot; / gt;[/capti... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/the-quiet-grace-of-being-mildly-exhausted-and-thankful-625821.html 26 December 2025 @ 9:13 pm lt;div gt; We wake up every day and valiantly attempt to be the best versions of ourselves or, often, just functioning versions. We spend our precious hours ticking off a thousand small, repetitive acts. The alarm clock, the first sip of that criminally overpriced coffee, the inevitable gridlock commute, the Herculean effort of answering an email that just says ldquo;Thanks. rdquo; lt;/di... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/mother-and-daughter-on-a-shared-journey-in-poetry-625811.html 26 December 2025 @ 9:11 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_625814 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;Lessie Dayananda with Pia Hatch quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-625814 quot; title= quot;Pia-and-Lessie_P3 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251228/uploads/2025/12/Pia-and-Lessie_P3.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;400 quot; / gt;[/caption] Uns... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/an-english-teacher-looks-back-in-this-debut-novel-625806.html 26 December 2025 @ 9:08 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-625807 quot; title= quot;Heard-Melodies-cover_P3 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251228/uploads/2025/12/Heard-Melodies-cover_P3.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;414 quot; / gt;In his debut novel lsquo;Heard Melodies rsquo;, Dr. Kularatne Suriyaarachchi, an instructor and teacher educator, emerges as a gifted writ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/plus/claf-returns-along-with-future-writers-programme-625782.html 26 December 2025 @ 9:02 pm The HSBC Ceylon Literary amp; Arts Festival (CLAF) has announced the third edition of its Future Writers Programme, reaffirming its commitment to nurturing the next generation of Sri Lankan creative voices. Its first edition winner Savin Edirisinghe was awarded the prestigious 32nd Gratiaen Prize, becoming one of the youngest recipients of the award. The Future Writers Programme is a core focu...