By Chandani Kirinde Sakhalin was a penal colony to which ‘lifers’ were banished; their families were sometimes allowed to accompany them. It was remote, a bitter and inhospitable region and despite …
Isle of Ballads . . . . By Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe Of the hundred different countries here, we will finally be claimed by one nation. And will be held accountable citizens within its imagined boundaries, not …
Dutch Tobacco Boxes in the National Museum of Sri Lanka K. D. Paranavitana An enthusiastic sailor heading towards the East bought a tobacco box from a trader in Amsterdamin the seventeenth century …
The third generation which keeps guru Chitrasena's legacy alive, reflects on what shaped the idiom of the doyen of modern Sri Lankan dance By Randima Attygalle “I think it was a match …
The beginning of the photography in Sri Lanka was more or less allied to the developments in this field that took place in England during the late 1850s. The Ferguson’s …
The Alu Viharaya in Matale became the focus of a great national event when the ceremony to mark the declaration of the Tripitaka as a National Heritage was held there …
Travellers along the Colombo-Hambantota Road pass through Nonagama which is named in the memory of a very special lady. She is Dona Isabella Cornelia Perumal better known as Gajaman Nona, …
By Prof. K. D. Paranavitana The religious history of the island of Sri Lanka could be traced as far back as history records. The earliest religion found in the island was …
By Chandani Kirinde For most Sri Lankans, the name of Anagarika Dharmapala conjures up the image of a man who fervently fought to secure the rights for Buddhists at a time …
By Chandani Kirinde Kalasuri Vasugy Jegatheeswaran is the trail blazing daughter of a trailblazing mother. Growing up in a home with the sound of the cymbals echoing all around, the sound …