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A Part of our Heritage Nalini De Lanerolle. Photographs by Suresh de Silva From about 500 B.C. till the advent of the British to Sri Lanka in the early 19th...

Christine Jayasinge. Photographs: Suresh de Silva. Who was the British soldier (circa 1815) whose braided and frogged felt coat, tails, and epaulettes is mounted in all its crimson, if somewhat...

Elephants, bears, leopards and a variety of birds can be seen at the Yala National Park – An ideal spot for the wildlife enthusiast. An on the spot report from...

Rehan Fernando Judy, Sohan and Estelle-make up one of the top groups of Sri Lanka. We Sri Lankans have never been reticent about our love for music. And pop music...

Words: Sharmini Luther Photography: Suresh de Silva It would be very difficult to move around Colombo without bumping into a creation by Senaka Senanayake. As Sri Lanka's best-known painter, locally...

Rodney Jonklaas Wrecking as they need to say in Ye Olde Englishe days, was done by dastardly villains, coastal highwaymen, in the grande olde days of sailing vessels. But it...

Maureen Seneviratne Kapuyukkariya ceremony of exorcism practiced in Sri Lanka from ancient times. Belief in the power of spirits to control human destiny and the awe of the unknown are...

Rajpal Abeynayake Like all cosmopolitan cities, Colombo too has been hit by the fitness craze, and ever since then squash has enjoyed a boom. Small wonder too. Squash, to put...

Gamini G. Punchihewa The Veddahs, or hunters are the aboriginals of Sri Lanka, whose origins could be traced to the dim distance of prehistory. Newspapers in Sri lanka recently highlighted...

Maureen Seneviratne In the range of creative handicrafts in Sri Lanka, ivory carvings have taken a very important place. Ivory seems to have been used lavishly for personal ornaments, for...