By Raisa Wickrematunge Picture by Pavithra Jovan de Mello While browsing through anything.lk, an interesting deal caught my eye for a one and a half hour training session at the Colombo Archery Centre. With images of Jennifer Lawrence neatly spearing an apple as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games dancing through my head, I signed [...]
PIGS CAN FLY! Commonsense tells us this feat is impossible. But then with all this talk of Swine Flu… Okay, not funny!!! Last week, a friend of mine played what she called a late April Fool’s joke on us. She’s in the Philippines, and she sent a picture of an arm, fully tattooed with an [...]
By K. Prashanthie Picture by Pavithra Jovan de Mello To the north of Colombo, along the Palliyawatte/Uswetakeiyawa stretch, lies a beautiful beach which not many people have heard of. It is indeed a pity, because this beach has a lot to offer for people who want to relax, swim or admire the natural beauty along [...]
By Dr Harold Gunatillake Health writer FRCS, FACS (US), FIACS (US), AM (SING), MBBS (Cey) When you get up one morning, if you become tottery on your feet and tends to fall, and your writing becomes scrawly, the picture is suggestive of Parkinson’s disease. When you wake up in the morning, if you feel spinning [...]
Film Review By Kamal Kalidasa I know, I know, it’s been a while since this movie’s theatrical release and the Academy Awards was three months ago, but it’s never too late to review a good tearjerker. So, here goes… I’m not going to lie, I really was in tears at the end of this one. [...]
The same ingredient in black pepper that makes you sneeze may help keep you slim. A preliminary new study suggests that the pungent component in black pepper known as piperine fights fat by blocking the formation of new fat cells. If further studies confirm these effects, researchers say black pepper may offer a natural alternative [...]
The tenderest of melodies resides within you: it is the caress-fragranced, kaleidoscopic voice of your child-heart, as it was, is and will be…”. “Tanya Ekanayaka is a musician of rare accomplishment. Her pianism is fresh and powerful, technically assured and emotionally persuasive. As a composer she has the ability to synthesize her inter-cultural experience to [...]
Book Review Last Monday, at my mom’s friend’s house, going through her pile of books, my eye took a fancy to one that I had always longed to read. It carried the title “One Day,” written by David Nicholls, whom some of us recognize as the author of another novel, “Starter for Ten,” a coming-of-age [...]
Balloth ekka be”, the most popular stage drama written and directed by Ravindra Ariyarathne which is loved by many audiences will stage on Saturday 19th of May at 3.30 and 6.45 p.m at Colombo 10, Tower theater & Sunday 20th of May at 3.30 and 6.45 p.m. at Janakala Kendraya at Battaramulla. With a host [...]
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