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Renuk Jaya Raj Carnations being collected by the workers from the flower beds in the greenhouse. (Courtesy: "Sunday Times") The freshness and fragrance of flowers revitalizes and refreshes a flagging...

Sri Lanka's latest beach resort - Kalutara - is delightfully located between the winding Kalu Ganga and the shimmering azure sea. The British considered it the Richmond of Ceylon -...

Lucien Rajakarunayake If the road to Kandy is full of promise, arrival there is promise come true. After the commercial capital, Colombo, which is also the main port of entry,...

M B Dissanayake The Dalada Maligawa, or the Temple of the Tooth, is the very heart of Kandy, Sri Lanka's hill capital. It is today the most sacred Buddhist shrine...

Maureen Seneviratne 0n 13th June 1820 one of the most famous auction sales ever to be held in London took place in the "great room" of one Thomas King in...

Florence Ratwatte We prepare for this springtime revelry rather early in the year. Or rather the koel, popularly accepted in Sri Lanka for the cuckoo, does. It is the season...

Anne Outwater "Let not one drop of water reach the sea without first serving mankind. "- King Parakramabahu I, 12th century AD. On first hearing, one is bound to be...

Sharmini Luther " Art is a spiritual definition of nature and when it ceases to be that it ceases to function and is useless. Bad art is nothing other than...

A programme of Night-time Entertainment Some people seem to be under the impression that there isn't a great deal of night-time entertainment in Colombo. But they are wrong. For one...

A. Felician Fernando The festivals of Sri Lanka, most of them springing from a deeply religious background, are a blend of pageantry and penance, of old, established rituals and new...