Saving Shanaya with surgical skill, innovation and faith
She was not only home for Christmas and New Year but also to celebrate her first birthday, which even many medical specialists doubted she would do. Little Shanaya is the trailblazer of an innovative but risky surgery not done before in Sri Lanka and also on one so small! Now just 13 months, having marked [...]
CLF returns in Feb as Festival on the Beira
From its origins in the Colombo Public Library, redolent of spicy acharu sellers, malign crows, and all that is vibrant of a bustling tropical metropolis and park, the HSBC Ceylon Literary and Arts Festival has moved to Cinnamon Lakeside this year… Thereby it has not lost the picturesque, however, as this third edition is styled [...]
Colomboscope 2026, an invitation to move through Colombo differently
Colomboscope is back! The multi-disciplinary arts festival returns from January 21 to 31, unfolding across Colombo with an expansive programme of exhibitions, performances, screenings, workshops and conversations. Titled ‘Rhythm Alliances’, this edition of the festival tunes into rhythm as a connective force, tracing how sound, movement, memory and ritual travel across bodies, geographies, and histories. [...]
Letters to the Editor
Preserving livelihoods and social harmony: A better path forward for Kandy Recent reports of the Kandy Municipal Council’s plan to forcefully remove pavement hawkers have prompted serious reflection on socioeconomic inclusion and urban governance in our cities. These hawkers are not just informal vendors, they are fathers, mothers and young adults striving to sustain their [...]
Appreciations
He served Parliament with great distinction NIHAL SENEVIRATNE Nihal Seneviratne who died recently, headed the Parliamentary administration during some of its most difficult and challenging times. He joined the service of Parliament at the very young age of 26 years and served till his retirement at the age of 60. He was recruited as Clerk [...]
KALA 2026: A shared South Asian canvas in Colombo
KALA 2026 takes off this weekend with an exciting programme of workshops, exhibitions, performances, curated walkthroughs and conversations setting the stage to position Colombo as a vital site for regional artistic exchange. KALA 2026 is presented in collaboration with Take On Art Magazine in India bringing together leading artists, curators, scholars, and cultural practitioners from [...]
Epiphany Carol Service at Church of St. Michael and All Angels
The Epiphany Carol Service – a sequence of music and readings celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Christ, the Baptism of Christ and his first miracle at Cana – will be presented on Sunday, January 18 at 6 p.m. at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Polwatte. The music at [...]
A scholarly study ennobled by a love for both Christianity and Buddhism
Writing a preface for this book, Fr. Aloysius Pieris, SJ, describes Elizabeth Harris, the author of this book, as ‘someone who has lived much of her life in solidarity with Sri Lanka’. This sums up a key factor behind Elizabeth’s inter-religious understanding, involvement and commitment, the theme of this collection. Elizabeth is an academic, scholar [...]
The pleasures of reading
I have always enjoyed reading. From my early schooldays, the pleasure of being curled up with a good book was something I enjoyed very much. I became a voracious reader, devouring comic books and those War Picture Library illustrated books (purchased for the price of one rupee in our schooldays) to more advanced story books [...]