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By Nirosha Rajapakse
Akira Kurosawa, the celebrated Japanese filmmaker once declared: "human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood, if it depicts these properly".
'The Newspaper', a Sri Lankan film, directed jointly by Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura, two-actor turned film directors bears testimony to the above statement. The film was produced by...
Chathuranga Gamage -
Chathuranga Gamage is invariably an artist by virtue. Art is undoubtedly at the core of his life and his art exhibition titled “Landescape” held from January, 14 to 16 at the Lionel Wendt is the manifestation of his tremendous artistic skills.
Chathuranga understands that painting is an ancient medium. It still remains as a persistent mode of expression even amidst the...
Forced by the negative consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, like every other industry, the fact that the world of art is in a digital pivot is beyond shadow of a doubt. A virtual art festival organised by the Stages Theatre Group and Kindernothilfe will be held from November 26 to 28.
The festival is titled "Children in Lockdown Arts Festival 2021". There are several...
Since the ubiquitous and rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus, more than ever before, a considerable number of countries are facing with an enormous and growing challenge of having affordable and sustainable access to oxygen.
Oxygen plays a vital role in respiration. Covid-19 has made a tremendous pressure on the health systems around the world where the World Health...
Napoleon Bonaparte once declared music reminds us that the human race is greater than we realise. The music played by a legend in the domain of the Sri Lankan music industry, whose enormous contribution towards the upheaval of the Sri Lankan music bears testimony to the above declaration.
The island bid adieu to Sunil Perera, one of the highly acclaimed and renowned...
By Nirosha Rajapakse
Book review
Adventures on Captians’Island by Sofia Prokofieva‘Valantinege Sihinaya’Translator: Anuradha KodagodaKurulu Poth PublishersThe...
You may have various definitions on sustainability and its implications on the human survival. As you have your emphasis on the...
Air defence is not a novel and strange phenomenon. It became a heritage of the civilisation of the 20th century. The development...
The winner of the 2021 Booker Prize is South African novelist Damon Galgut. The Booker Prize is open to writers of any...
“The Light of Asia” is an epic poem, written by Sir Edwin Arnold. It initially appeared in the summer of 1879. Critics say that...
T.S. Eliot prize has unveiled “voices of the moment” in 2021 shortlist. The T.S. Eliot prize for poetry is a significant prize...
No hyperbole remains within the declaration that the fortitude that a mother naturally summons at the child birth could even be...
Charles Dickens needs no introduction.His contribution to the English literature is of immense significance. Dickens was born in...
An up-to-date, systematic and comprehensive air defence system should be a sine qa non reality in any country; no matter whether...
In the coming years, it is predicted that depression would be the second largest disease in the world. The World Health...
Albeit the accessibility to affordable modern energy by itself is not simply an elixir for every issue, involved with the...
Some cities in the world are heavily populated and extensively modified ecosystems where the town dwellers are provided with...
‘Go Green’ campaign
It is not absolutely strange to declare that a green revolution is a terribly felt requirement that should take place across the...
As the health hazards related to Covid-19 pandemic being unprecedented, more and more emphasis is being given on the exploration...
From time immemorial, the relationship between men and women has frequently been one of the hotly argued, highly debated and...
His abode is within the sight of the sea. His ears hearthe sound of the breaking of the waves. The blue water, kissing shore is...
You may have heard some people saying that they are colour blind. You find it difficult to deny the fact that there are some...
Highlighting one of the most grueling issues faced by women during the global Covid-19 pandemic, Women Empowered Global launched...
At this very moment, you may be experiencing the agony of stress, albeit it is not a strange feeling but a natural phenomenon....
The faith was kept and the fight was fought, the glory theirs, the duty ours. Right throughout last week, the powwow of the...
Edgar Jones, a professor in the history of medicine and psychiatry at the Institute of King’s College, London said Lack of Moral...
In the Asian and the African continents, elephants were once frequently spotted, and throughout the 19th century a large number...
It has been declared that due to human behaviour, there has been a significant change in the climate. The change in the...
Renowned for his expertise in leading forensic and circumstantial evidence and also as a great advocate in leading address to the...