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The bright afternoon sky hung heavy upon the pale golden sands that reflected its wild luminescent light and the heat of the sun. Spread across acres before our eyes was...

A little girl pranced about the pavement while her father watched her fondly. An ice cream seller and an achcharu (fruit pickles) seller stood nearby eagerly awaiting business.

It’s a dish that is often noticed only by its absence. It doesn’t get the same attention that more flamboyant dishes do, but without that tangy dish of coconut sambol...

What would one appreciate, like, want or desire while vacationing in a paradise island…. nothing less than paradise, I would assume. The foamy waves of the ocean settling one’s mind...

Will anyone who was watching that night forget? It was the semi final of the 1996 World Cup cricket tournament between India and Sri Lanka, played at Eden Gardens in...

Mlesna’s latest tea centre is alive with beams of bright light that fall on the neatly arranged minute porcelain elephants and tea pots, making them glisten, and instantly transports you...

Sri Lankan shoppers can look forward to exciting times. Odel, the well-known fashion and lifestyle store is expanding its network of stores and gearing up for the summer months. Shoppers...

Some of the exquisite pieces of jewellery displayed at Ayura Although tucked inconspicuously away along one of the busiest roads in Colombo, simply stepping into Ayura acquaints one with the...

I walked inside the manor style colonial house confirming the accuracy of one of Thomas Merton’s quotes “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time”,...

Pecha Kucha Colombo will be an event for emerging local talent to meet, network, and show their work in public. Devised in Tokyo in 2003, it has turned into a...