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When love dies conflicts erupt

By Risidra Mendis

Love can make you give up a lot of things:  your parents, your freedom, your job. But  not your children. For Kalhari Edirisinghe Jayawardena meeting her husband Naullage Nalin Jayawardena for the first time changed her life forever.

Kalhari was a stewardess and met him on a flight to Sri Lanka on which he was a passenger. Nalin, an architect employed in Germany, was on his way to Sri Lanka ......

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Crashing course of tuition

By Pat Man English tuition is big business all over Sri Lanka, particularly so, in the Western Province. Nugegoda and Gampaha lead the rest of the ..... More

Reflecting back on post colonial Sri Lanka By Dilrukshi Handunnetti Forget that proud civilisation sustained by the villager for centuries. Forget the tank, the village and the temple and be part of a consumer culture that begets immediate wealth. In this sense, Sudu Kaluwara is a most tragic tale than one that deals with the evolution of our society into its present ..... More....

Washing cars for a living

By Shezna Shums

From 7.30 in the morning till 8 at night all they do is wash cars.  This is their livelihood - what helps bring home food for their families.  Standing along Green Path next to the Colombo Public Library are five men waiting for a car to stop to get it washed.  And two of them are father and son-for them this has been going on for ....

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Sri Lanka's French connection

By Ranee Mohamed

Sri Lankan born Clementine is 19 years old. Her mother had been poor and  unmarried. And when this lovely French couple saw her in Colombo, she had not been very unhappy, for she was with an infant, barely a few days ....

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