Washing away the laundry problem

By Hemamala Wickramage

So you’ve seen her cook, clean, take the children to school, rush to work and come home to throw a dinner party for 12 and to top it all her garden looks something out of a women’s magazine.

Bet you cannot remember the number of times you’ve peeped through the window to see what your next door neighbour’s magic secret is, just as well the number of times you’ve wondered how on earth she manages to do it all? May be the answer lies somewhere along her clothes line. Believe it or not your next door neighbour belongs to the new breed of housewives who not only bring take away dinners home but who also happens to get the weekly washing done the ‘fast’ or ‘instant’ way.

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Continuing his father’s great work 

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti

The house that had always pulsated with traditional rhythms has not quietened down. The Thalawathugoda residence of the late Lionel Ranawala, an artiste who strived to discover a Sri Lankan identity in music till he breathed his last, still throbs with folk music and dance. Carrying the mantle today and shouldering the Herculean task of pursuing the same ideal is young Sahan, late Ranwala’s son.

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The milk van

By Ranee Mohamed

This milk van, it does not necessarily have to be white: it can be of any colour, it can serve milk, both cold and warm, preferably warm because street children at most times suffer from terrible colds.

 This milk van is the best advertisement for any of the multinational milk distributors. The costs incurred will be as much or as little as any commercial or print advertisement but will appeal not so much to the eye — but to the stomachs of the starving children of Sri Lanka’s streets. And to the general public that sees this, it is definitely going to touch hearts. It is going to bring tears of joy.

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Talk to your plants ­— they grow better

 The prophet armed – with a typewriter