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Wijeratne Muhandiram What do you need to fill your prescription? Rare leaves and scented roots, healing herbs or soothing vines, emetic berries or curative seeds, exotics such as asafoetida or...

Lucien Rajakarunanayake Mahaweli...one could hardly spend a few days in Sri Lanka without the word reaching you. In print, on radio and TV, in advertising, in commerce, politics, music and...

Maureen Seneviratne Wherever you wander in Sri Lanka, once you move out of the city of Colombo and take any of the routes into its hinterland, you will see spread...

Amari Goonetilleke One mile of English origin, one gramophone, a Scotsman and parts of a German radio set a somewhat cosmopolitan beginning to the whole affair. Let's call it the...

Dinali Fernando The collection of coins in the Colombo Museum is often overshadowed by the other more glittery and ornate exhibits that catch the eye of the visitor. But if...

Ravi Prasad Herath Much of the beauty of the Sri Lankan country-side away from the manicure lawns and well-tended gardens of the cities and plantation bungalows comes from the fascinating...

A. Felician Fernando Dominating the geographical scene in the city of Colombo are these hillocks in the northern part of the metropolis and atop these hillocks are three Christian places...

Exchanging Vows Sri Lankan Style Maureen Seneviratne The mosaic which is Sri Lankan society is nowhere more evident than when a wedding takes place. Among all ethnic groups in the...

Fred Holmes Beep-beep, beep-beep...my implacable alarm clock gently but firmly penetrates the fog that envelopes my brain at 5.30am until I can ignore it no longer. Do I really have...

Arjuna Weerasuriya The time was quarter past five in the evening. Fathers, mothers, children, grandparents, locals and foreigners alike formed a motley crowd that filled the middle-sized arena. The tinkling...