Words: Sharmini Luther Photography: Suresh de Silva It would be very difficult to move around Colombo without bumping into a...

Rodney Jonklaas Wrecking as they need to say in Ye Olde Englishe days, was done by dastardly villains, coastal highwaymen,...

Maureen Seneviratne Kapuyukkariya ceremony of exorcism practiced in Sri Lanka from ancient times. Belief in the power of spirits to...

Rajpal Abeynayake Like all cosmopolitan cities, Colombo too has been hit by the fitness craze, and ever since then squash...

Gamini G. Punchihewa The Veddahs, or hunters are the aboriginals of Sri Lanka, whose origins could be traced to the...

Maureen Seneviratne In the range of creative handicrafts in Sri Lanka, ivory carvings have taken a very important place. Ivory...

Nija Fashion designing and the world of haute couture are not altogether alien to Sri Lanka. On the contrary the...

Rodney J onklaas I have, for years, been laughed and jeered at, frowned on, sometimes threatened, in my pursuits of...

Ancient Cities Anuradhapura The best known of Sri Lanka's ancient cities, it was the capital of the island for more...

Harris N.de Lanerolle As dawn breaks over the City of Colombo, anglers make their way to the breakwater of the...