By C. Kariyawasam All aspects of human life have undergone change as never before within a matter of months owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the 1918...
Commemorating the 100th Birth Anniversary nonpareil scholar cum educator By S.V.D. Kesarralal Gunasekera He was my teacher 51 long years ago, but what he taught us...
Book Review “I Flew Over the Mountain” is the just published autobiography of a fellow Richmondite, Raja Arambawela of Galle.. Youngest (“bada pissa”) in a family...
By Dr. Prasanna Cooray Kali is at centre stage, again for the wrong reason. I wrote an article about her in The Island on 26.11.2016, under...
The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia) by Dr D Chandraratna It can be gauged from...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem, MP, recently told The Island that Sri Lanka had no option but to involve India...
By Lynn Ockersz Before the first streaks of dawn, They throw caution to the wind, And amass at the shaman’s gate, Mesmerized by sleights-of-hand, Of those...
By Saumya Liyanage Introduction In 2019, the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Visual and Performing Arts initiated a project titled ‘Suzuki Actor Training Workshop’ with...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa gestures during a recent meeting at Rawanakanda, a village at Imbulpe, Balangoda. Senior Advisor to President Lalith Weeratunga looks on (Pic by Jeevan...
By Lynn Ockersz As the peaceful may recollect, Yasser Arafat of PLO fame, Who, for his AK-47, An olive branch exchanged, Knew the cementing power of...