February 23, of this year marks the 133rd birth anniversary of Don Richard Wijewardene (DR), the doyen of the National newspaper industry in Sri Lanka.

The stark reality of death has removed from our earthly scene my Trinity College Kandy and Napier House friend, Tyronne.

Heen putha, heen malli, malli, heen mama, kudappachi, kudapps and Ananda to relatives and Alu to friends, he passed away late last month in California at the age of 80.

I was only 10 years old when I first started sailing. As a young boy, I watched the Sunday sailing races at the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club on Bolgoda Lake. I soon learnt that Uncle Jeremy was one of the best sailors at the club. Not just his sailing sk

We, the Past Girl Guides of 1st Wattala and 13th Wattala, take this opportunity to congratulate Rev. Sister Immaculta Silva RGS who celebrates her diamond jubilee today. She has dedicated forty out of sixty long years of her spiritual life to teach a

Replying to my column last week (“Reflections on Sri Lanka’s Nationalisms”) Dr Dayan Jayatilleka posted the following comment: “Ceylonism did exist and not only as the consciousness of a socioeconomic elite.

It was in the 1960s that my parents took me to see the play at the then-new Veerasingham Hall in Jaffna. A key attraction was that producer Ernest MacIntyre and his sister Evelyn had been living within a hundred yards of our home down Chemmany Road w

On February 24, 2019 the public will have the great opportunity of participating in and experiencing an extraordinary and exceptional Latin Mass in symphonic dimensions, at St. Mary’s Church, Grand Street, Negombo.

“Being mute is like having your brain gouged out,” writes Chandima Rajapatirana as he reflects on being mute for 18 long years. Chandima, fondly known as Chammi was diagnosed with autism at the age of four, but that didn’t stop him from learn

Ma-Aa-Maga (The Path I Came), is a recollection of memories of a versatile personality in Sri Lanka’s newspaperdom. It is none other than Kumar Wethasinghe, who earned an unblemished career record at Lake House (ANCL), and at Wijeya Newspapers with

Wesley College-a leading, Christian Boys School in Colombo was founded on the 2nd of March 1874. Every year, the Double Blue Fraternity gather to celebrate the memory of their Founder, the Rev. Daniel Henry Pereira – on Founder’s Day on the 2nd o

I obtained a second class reserved seat for the 05.55 a.m. Colombo – Kandy Train. I arrived at the station by 05.30 a.m.. The train was parked at platform number 2 all ready to roll. I located my seat. Since there was time I walked from one end to

Last week newspapers showed much interest in conveying the message of Tamil youth Arulanandan Arun. From a little known individual Arun was elevated to celebrity status, thanks to the media. But something good came off this whole exercise. This indiv

Navam Perahera (Pageant), which was originally known as Colamba Perahera, is conducted annually during the month of Navam (February) at H

No incident in the ancient Indian society of Kosala created a greater upheaval than the sudden appearance of the serial killer Angulimala in its midst. Neither did anything bring about as much a sensation as his dramatic rise from utter ignominy to a

The Ceylon Scooter Club (CSC) usually has its annual parade and general meeting on the fourth of February. This time, they were held on February 10 instead, with a colourful scooter parade at Galle Face, Colombo.

The mass media are now agog with the news involving unsavory tactics adopted to increase the number of Ministerial Portfolios merely to appease the greedy politicians who are in search of power and filthy lucre. The President has gone to the extent o

Recording a quantum leap in the local seafood industry, Sri Lanka recently graduated to the rating of ‘Good Alternative’ for blue swimming crab fisheries in the Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, thus bec

February 18 was the 73rd birth anniversary of Uma Maheswaran. Uma, the founding leader of the People’s Liberation Organisation of Thamileelam (PLOTE) was born on 18 February 1945. He was killed -a victim to a cowardly assassin’s bullet- on July 1

We are now in an age when anyone with a basic working knowledge of a digital camera can take pretty pictures of wildlife. To take that special picture, however, the one that results in a sharp intake of breath, not just at the perfection....

The Day We Screamed is an important multi-media exhibition. Held at the Theertha ‘Red Dot’ Art Gallery, it brought together paintings, sculptures, etchings, collages and images of performance events from the 1990.....

According to a Japanese proverb face is considered as the mirror of our souls. True to this fact, we all know, our face reflects almost all the hidden secrets of our body and mind. Not only that, face and....

The arrest of 40-year-old Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush by the Dubai law enforcement authorities has emerged as the biggest talking point in the country today. Although he and his gang members as well as his colleagu

The introduction of Mahayana Buddhism imposed various challenges on Theravada Buddhism although they remain to be two broader dimensions of Buddhism today. As a means of spreading the words of Buddhism in English, Mohan Lal Grero, founder of Lyceum I

“Beatles go Jazz” concerts are nothing new to the world. It was however, audaciously new to Sri Lanka and, the challenge taken by the popular local jazz group en route to deliver on it in Colombo on February 9, was a resounding success. The conce

The 75-80 group of Old Anandians  will be having their Annual Dinner Dance ‘Golden Night’ on Saturday, February 16th at the Waters Edge Grand Ballroom for the 34th year. This Annual Extravaganza is held every year to raise funds for Social Servi

It was exactly half a century ago, last month, January 1969, that Nirmali de Silva came into my life. I was a 07 year-old impressionable little brat at Wesley College Colombo and she was our beautiful 23 year-old, Grade 2 class teacher.     

‘I am going to a city where roses never fade’ and ‘Heaven is a wonderful place’…..sang the angelic voices in beautiful harmony, almost persuading the earthly beings present of an invitation to that divine mansion! The e

Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo will be presenting Ms Meghna Das, an Odissi exponent from India on February 18, 2019, at 6.00 p.m. at SVCC auditorium located at 16/2, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 07.