Photos courtesy of Saskia Fernando Gallery Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s 24th annual Black July memorial exhibition is titled “Blinds”. Most of us spent more time looking out…
Photos courtesy of threeblindmen Laki Senanayake (1937-2021) Laki is seated on a black, high-backed, padded executive swivel chair. He is bare-bodied, in a bright red…
Photo courtesy of YouTube An appreciation of Laki Senanayake (1937–2021) Given Laki Senanayake’s stature and personality, I am confident that there will be a fair…
Photo courtesy of Lukshman Nadaraja Acclaimed traditional dancer Upeka Chitrasena marked her 70th birthday on May 21. When did you first realise you wanted to…
Photos courtesy of Firi Rahman Today is the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Sri Lanka is a pluralistic society where communities…
Photo courtesy of CVDF Archives Histories of the tri-traditional dances of Sri Lanka – Kandyan, Low Country and Sabaragamuwa – generally highlight a handful of…
A destructive civil war, social upheaval, market forces and plastic have all played a part in the gradual erosion of Jaffna’s rich legacy of arts…
Photo courtesy of Saskia Fernando Gallery Artist Gayan Prageeth is exhibiting his latest collection, Eyes Only, at the Saskia Fernando Gallery. His work reflects a…
Photo courtesy of NNN Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation In a tribal region of Afghanistan, a sad 10…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As…
Photo courtesy of Eastern Eye We watched the film, Funny Boy, directed by Deepa Mehta and adapted from Shyam Selvadurai’s 1994 novel, twice. We were…
Photo courtesy of Quartz There is a tension between “equality” and “difference” in modern South Asia. The tension defines South Asia when it comes to…
Photo Courtesy of TIME At the outset In the 19th Century a French sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the acronym ‘anomie’ to describe the then growing…
Photo courtesy of PennLive A brilliant friend of mine at university was upset one day because someone had vandalized her final exam results on the…
It is increasingly evident that the lasting impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic will not be merely health related. In the early stages of government efforts…
Photo Courtesy of TimeOut Ratnajeevan Hoole, 2020, Heritage Histories: a Reassessment of Arumuga Navalar a.k.a Candar Arumugavan, London: Thesam Publications, i-xxvii, 327 pages. Professor Ratnajeevan…
Despite their contribution to the lucrative tea industry of Sri Lanka, the voices of plantation workers often go unheard and their potential unrecognised. Thé Kahata is…
Photo Courtesy of Al Jazeera By Asanga Welikala and Roshan de Silva-Wijeyeratne. The election of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in November 2019 marked the beginning of…
Photo courtesy of www.channel4.com The governing party’s general election campaign is centred on obtaining a two-thirds majority in the next Parliament. It is expected that…
Photo courtesy of myhero.com In Sri Lanka, the face of Bob Marley is a recurring visual motif- from tuk tuks, to street art, to reggae…