Raki Nikahetiya’s artworks exploring  migration and memories, from Sri Lanka to Austria, on view at Hyderabad’s Kalakriti art gallery

Raki Nikahetiya’s artworks exploring migration and memories, from Sri Lanka to Austria, on view at Hyderabad’s Kalakriti art gallery

Raki Nikahetiya’s artworks are multidisciplinary, combining painting, embroidery and applique on textiles — and some of them are hung from the ceiling of Kalakriti Art Gallery. This is the Austrian-Sri Lankan artist’s first exhibition in Hyderabad. Viewing the artworks, I thought about the practical ease with which the textile artworks can be transported. I was […]

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Sri Lanka’s Bentota — a perfect quick getaway from South India

Sri Lanka’s Bentota — a perfect quick getaway from South India

Where can you go for a short, three-day break, say a long weekend that serendipitously pops up on your calendar? You’re in Chennai or somewhere in south India and the question looms: how do you make the most of this rare luxury? A hill station? The tourist spots are crammed. A city break? Not relaxing […]

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Local history buffs are engaging with neighbourhood communities to rediscover and preserve their heritage

Local history buffs are engaging with neighbourhood communities to rediscover and preserve their heritage

Revisiting the story of a hookah with a 300-year-old history of maritime trade, made in a small port town in Kozhikode, is just one of many interventions by concerned residents in Kerala to conserve and preserve the heritage of the State. They are making determined efforts to raise awareness of the heritage on a micro-level […]

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Savour toddy on tap, arrack cocktails at Uncle’s in Colombo

Savour toddy on tap, arrack cocktails at Uncle’s in Colombo

“Life’s short, men. Have to make the best of it, noh?”  At Uncle’s in Colombo, when you order toddy and cheese toast, lessons for life come for free. This diminutive bar with a big personality defied all odds when it launched in December 2021, in a country that was both in the grip of the […]

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Karunaratne, Mendis take Sri Lanka to 386-4 vs. Ireland

Karunaratne, Mendis take Sri Lanka to 386-4 vs. Ireland

Sri Lanka’s captain Dimuth Karunaratne plays a shot during the first-day play of the first cricket Test match between Sri Lanka and Ireland at the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle on April 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis scored centuries and shared a record partnership for the second […]

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Sri Lanka clears global oil giants’ entry into retail fuel market

Sri Lanka clears global oil giants’ entry into retail fuel market

The move is aimed at diversifying Sri Lanka’s retail fuel market that is currently a duopoly, with the state-owned CPC and Indian Oil Corporation subsidiary Lanka IOC, which controls a third of the market | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka on March 27 decided to award licences to three global oil companies to operate in […]

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Sri Lanka receives first tranche of IMF bailout

Sri Lanka receives first tranche of IMF bailout

File photo of a vendor holding Sri Lankan bank notes while working at a market in Colombo on March 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka has received the first tranche of an IMF bailout programme, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on March 22. The crisis-ridden island nation was scheduled to receive a $330 […]

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Sri Lanka gives nod to 2-million wind project of Adani Group

Sri Lanka gives nod to $442-million wind project of Adani Group

Adani Group’s Anil Sardana and Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama at a ceremony in Colombo on February 22, 2023 to formalise the $442-million renewable energy project in northen Sri Lanka. Photo: Special Arrangement Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has approved a $442-million wind power project of Adani Green Energy, barely a month since the […]

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India-Australia test series to begin at nagpur from feb 9

India-Australia test series to begin at nagpur from feb 9

Virat Kohli of India waits to bat during a nets session at Edgbaston on June 29, 2022 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Nagpur, Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad have been chosen as the venues for the much awaited four-Test series between India and Australia from February 9 to March 13. The BCCI on […]

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Rajani Thiranagama: My mother, the fearless leader

Rajani Thiranagama: My mother, the fearless leader

Dr Rajani Thiranagama was a feminist, academic, scientist, and a fighter for truth and justice | Photo Credit: The Hindu archives “All the most powerful forces are invisible” observes Maali, the narrator of Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker Prize-winning The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. “Love, electricity, wind. And the waves following a bomb blast.” Unspoken is […]

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