Still a mother: Parenting after a child has died

by Linda Dahlstrom Anderson It happens most often when I’m driving. My 9-year-old son will be in the backseat talking or playing a game on...

Mothers Day. Just a day for profit-hungry businesses to bloom?

So... Mothers’ Day is tomorrow. But you probably knew that, what with all the boutiques and flower stores and bakeries advertising their deals and...

The Ultimate Mother’s Day gift guide

by Anuki Premachandra Mother’s day is just around the corner, okay, for those of you who read this right now and realised its next Sunday,...

SINHA LE and MUSLIM MALAISE

by Wimarshaná MOST SINHA LE STICKERS appear on the back of trishaws and a few on older and cheaper vehicles. This is less telling than...

How to be a Millionaire 101

by Anuki Premachandra If I ask you what’s the toughest thing you find about money, you’re bound to tell me its the difficulties you face...

But I have a right to my own opinion!

by Sanjuli Gunatillake Ekanayake “But I have a right to my own opinion!” Do you use those words often? If you don’t, but you know someone who...

Sinha-La or Sinha-Le? Which are you?

by Ashanee Kottage The festering wound of racism only seems to grow in our little island nation, consuming the minds of the ignorant as if...

A Ceylon tale – 08 truly Lankan things to say

by Anuki Premachandra We Lankans have the absolute pleasure in claiming 100% authenticity for nearly most/all words we use in our day to day conversations....

Patriotism is for Idiots

by WIMARSHANA ONE DAY WHEN COUNTRIES ARE LONG DONE WITH (and it is surely going to happen) humans will look back on patriotism as many do...

The limits of Civilization

by WIMARSHANA THERE IS NO HOPE FOR SRI-LANKA. January 8th 2015 proved that Sri-Lanka perhaps won’t quite descend into being the next Zimbabwe, at least not in...

The Importance of Good Citizenship

by WIMARSHANA ANYBODY WITH EVEN A MODICUM OF EXPOSURE ACCEPTS THAT THE STANDARD OF LIVING AND THE opportunities to succeed in countries such as Australia, Japan...

In Sri Lanka Sorcery Is Substitute For Pre-Meditated Murder

by P K Balachandran In Sri Lanka, sorcery is used as a substitute for premeditated murder and physical violence, says Princeton University’s Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,...
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