No Buts at Air Lanka
Mr John Fleming Mr. John Fleming, Chief Executive Officer of Airlanka, talks with Shalini Wadhwa of EXPWRE SRI IANKA about ...
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Festival of Mystic Magnificence: The Kandy Perahera
Maureen Seneviratne Torch spinners like this lead the way at the Kandy Perahera. Photo: Gamini Jayasinghe The Kandyan dancer from ...
Healing Masks of Sri Lanka
Kalpana Isaac Historically masks were used in rituals to exorcise villagers' fears and illnesses. Even today, patients who require psychiatric ...
Bountiful Bargains at Colombo’s Duty Free Shopping Complex
D F Shopper I had never heard that Colombo had much of a reputation for duty-free shopping; instead, Sri Lanka represented ...
Fishing Hamlet to Tourist Resort Hikkaduwa through the Centuries
Maureen Seneviratne A tourist once proudly claimed that he had received a letter from home in Europe merely addressed to ...
Underwater Discoveries: From Diving Bell to Scuba
Anne Outwater People have been diving in Sri Lanka since at least 1864, when Eugene De Ransonnet, the Viennese painter ...
Hikkaduwa’s Holiday Hideaway
Hikkaduwa has long been a haven for holiday makers irresistably drawn from all over the world to the warmth and ...
A Successful Entrepreneur of Sri Lanka
More than half a century ago a 9-year-o/d boy came· with his family to settle in a village in Sri ...
The Hot Spice of Rice and Curry
Rodney Jonklaas No one who has visited Sri Lanka can forget our rice and curry. Rice is the staple; curries ...
Art of the Dumbara Weaver
Some call them stereotyped, to others they have a rustic appeal. Critics notwithstanding, Dumbara mats have of late rustled their ...