(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for The Sunday Morning)Last week, I was browsing through a copy of The Journal of Gender and Sustainable Development published by the Centre for Gender Studies, University of Kelaniya. To my dismay, I came across an article titled “An Overview of Feminism in Philosophy”. The piece in my opinion is ...
The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely… One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium. Meet Asterix & Obelix, just your average wild boar eating, Roman thumping, ...
We got an SOS call from the home for the elders that our family and friends manage. The caller informed us that a resident; Jane, 89 years old, tried to commit suicide by setting herself a blaze. She had carefully managed to smuggle a bottle of kerosene and a box of matches before attempting this ‘fete’! Thankfully her hands ...
Last week, after the draw against the Springboks on home soil, I asked if the cumulative performances of this All Black team were telling a tale most fans have shrugged, shuddered and closed the book on. Then, out of nowhere, for the first time in 17 years, the Australians left the All Blacks winless in two consecutive games. The ...
Dananja Aloysius has been busy working on some brand new material. With one single out on radio and more on the way, here’s an exclusive with the singer, producer & guitarist. Source
A girl made me touch her heart How she did that is a secret Does she know what I feel? Now I know for sure I gave her hints now and then Nearly confessed one by one Her reply, what it will be? Now I know for sure She makes my heart sway It sways quickly and ...
For the longest time, Apple has been known to be a formidable powerhouse in the realm of smartphones, computers, accessories, and electronics in general. The company’s recent venture in the world of finance has surprised a huge number of followers following the announcement of the Apple Credit Card which can be linked to existing Apple Pay accounts. And just ...
Published on SundayTimes on 18.08.2019 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190818/news/out-of-the-blue-a-visitor-is-blown-in-by-the-monsoon-363649.html An unusually large bird found this week on Muthu Panthiya island in Chilaw drew crowds as it had never been observed on land. Stricken by curiosity, the villagers caught the bird and handed over to the Anawilndawa wildlife office. Surprise visitor: The Frigatebird. Pic by Hiran Priyankara The bird, blackish with white underparts, ...
If you develop your projects using Docker, you might have noticed that files created inside the containers are often owned by the root user, and therefore can’t easily be edited outside that container, unless you manually change their ownership. That’s quite a headache, if your language or the framework of choice uses a CLI tool to generate files and ...
