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By Lokubanda Tillakaratne

Subhashan with William Hurt

Lapis Lazuli Chef from Sri Lanka: Hollywood’s serendipitous find

He can tinker a sleepy water melon into a brilliant bouquet of pink roses, a Beluga whale-like gourd into a graceful swan, or a big chunk of ice into a mermaid. In 2000, participating in an International Ice Carving competition, a mere walking distance to the Arctic Circle where he won the silver medal, he sculpted a fire-spewing dragon out of a car-sized block of ice....

14 October, 2018

By Lokubanda Tillakaratne

Digital disparity in rural and urban schools

A 6th Grader pours her heart out

Recently, Sri Bodhi Vidyalaya, a 70-year old school of 200 students in the Galenbindunuwewa Education zone published its eight-...

Village tank desilting, a national emergency

Government support for villagers essential

Today, the village tank is facing the most damning threat to its existence, silting, since the concept of taming waters for...

Elephants in the wild: A villager’s infinite perspectives

A semi-naked modified tourist conveyer packed with wide-eyed city folks, aiming their pricey I-phones and cameras left and right...

‘Our Pin-Para carpeted’

The carpeting of a rustic road connecting five villages in Mihintale is bittersweet for one of the area’s older residents

Our 6-kilometre pin-para, connecting five villages to A9 and A12 southeast of Mihintale hill was carpeted recently. It was first...

Village tank desilting, a national emergency

Today, the village tank is facing the most damning threat to its...

2019-03-09 18:30:00 0

Elephants in the wild: A villager’s infinite perspectives

A semi-naked modified tourist conveyer packed with wide-eyed city...

2019-01-05 18:30:00 0

Lapis Lazuli Chef from Sri Lanka: Hollywood’s serendipitous find

He can tinker a sleepy water melon into a brilliant bouquet of pink...

2018-10-13 18:30:00 0

‘Our Pin-Para carpeted’

Our 6-kilometre pin-para, connecting five villages to A9 and A12...

2018-04-21 18:30:00 0