Chandani Kirinde recaps the chronicle behind the making of the Colombo National Museum- one of the most iconic structures in the city The Colombo National Museum, Sri Lanka’s premier repository of …
By Dharmasiri Bandaranayake I fell in love with cinema almost by accident. As I was growing up, Sri Lankan films I watched generally had a set format: the mandatory song and …
The Dunuvila Hatana – the tale of the Dunuvila family was composed by Dunuvila Gajanayaka Nilame in the early part of the 18th Century. He served in the palace during …
By Prof. K.D. Paranavitana Sri Lanka has long been the dream island of many travelers from the West who engaged in intrepid voyages looking for treasures in the East. Good many …
By Chandani Kirinde For any writer, having a fascinating subject around whose life one can build a story on is an advantage. When the subject happens to be Minnette de Silva, …
Gayathri Khemadasa, a versatile musician in her own right, talks to Randima Attygalle, about how her celebrated father inspired her and entire nation to charter the unknown musical waters and …
By Chandani Kirinde The small a coastal town of Koggala was put on the literary map of Sri Lanka by one of the country’s most well-known writers Martin Wickramasinghe. His books …