This story is brought to you by CEAT – Never Stop Moving Koneswaran Temple is in many ways, the cultural capital of the East Coast. Perched atop Swami Rock, and overlooking the crystalline deep waters of the Trinco harbour, the classical-medieval structure and its surrounding locale are layered in history. The temple itself is chock-full of unique and noteworthy features, some ...
For over 30 years, Sri Lanka’s Community Mediation Boards have helped communities resolve minor disputes and maintain harmony. Although people from all walks of life come to seek help, only a quarter of all mediators are women. Why is this an alarming statistic, and how can we ensure higher female representation in mediation? #EmbraceEquity
Getting the Right to Information (RTI) has been a long-awaited process for democracies, especially in a country like ours where corruption and misuse of public funds is rampant. The Parliament passed the RTI Act in June 2016 as part of the government’s 100-day work pledge, and it came into force this February. Despite the Act being passed over a year ...
“When we found out about the sex change that was necessary for our second child, we decided to leave our hometown. Everyone we knew lived there — our relations, our friends — we didn’t think that they would understand. We didn’t know how to explain it to them,” Shashi* said. For parents like Shashi*, giving birth to a child with ...
Saama, the little girl giant, says: “All girls can be giants if raised and supported to be so.” Saama stands out, which is not a surprise considering she’s a giant (she’s also the tallest female puppet in Sri Lanka). But apart from her height, and the fact that there’s a person controlling her massive papier mache head and long hands, ...
Right now, the urgency of clean water and organic food has garnered our attention. But, what about the air we breathe? Humans can survive for 30 days without eating, three days without drinking, yet only three minutes without breathing. In fact, 70% of what we consume is air, which amounts to just over 2,000 gallons per day. It’s no secret ...
Sri Lanka’s political landscape of the 20th century was dominated for the most part by a handful of prestigious families. These included the Bandaranaikes and the Wijewardenes, whose members were among the most powerful and influential in the country (and perhaps still are, to this day).
Only around 1% of all water on earth is available for human consumption and only an even smaller percent is safe for human consumption. So you can imagine how critical it is to bring water into the conversation around food safety. Beyond being a set of practices that help keep food safe and free of contaminants, food safety is also ...
Rani* was born with bow legs, a condition which led her to experience multiple surgeries since early childhood. For Geetha*, an unexpected incident rendered her with both mental and physical disabilities at an early age. They both have one thing in common, though – their love for education. We sat down with children with disabilities, both from the North and ...
Kanthale, Trincomalee, 2012: A woman by the name of Christina Hamine is sewing fabrics outside her home during a powercut when two men approach her doorstep. Claiming to be from a local microfinance company in town, they offer to loan her 30,000 rupees to grow her business. Christina is a single mother with two sons. Her husband died 11 years ...
The fourth mural of the Fearless Collective, which creates public art centering on women and underrepresented communities, was unveiled in Slave Island on Monday (15). The mural portrays several women living in the building the artists have painted on, or are in close vicinity to it. “Some of the ladies were ridiculed for having their faces up on the wall ...
Arugam Bay, once a quiet fishing village, is today one of the world’s top surf spots, attracting surfing enthusiasts from all over the world, and with many restaurants and guest houses scattered along the coast to cater to the inflow of tourists. Although the surf culture is what seems to dominate, the surfers, tourists, and up-and-coming entrepreneurs co-exist with the ...
Back in 2005, it was hard to imagine Sri Lanka as a place for groundbreaking technological innovation. Today, 17 years later, WSO2 has grown to become a $500 million company that has made Sri Lanka the world’s go-to open-source provider for API management, integration, and customer identity and access management. Here’s the story of how they got there.
This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the women who guide, empower and inspire. Here’s a compilation of all the video submissions we received. #lka #SriLanka #IWD23
If you grew up in the ’80s or ’90s, one thing you could never forget in the bleak wasteland that was television, was the series of cartoons dubbed in Sinhala. You would sooner forget to eat than to forget when Dosthara Honda Hitha came on the telly. Or Pissu Poosa, Haa Haa Hari Haawa, or Gulliverge Suwisariya. Not to mention ...
