From Valentine’s to wedded couples: A reflection on their ...

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Valentine’s Day over the years has increasingly become a fashionable concept and marketing material, with business entities making th...

Love, Loss, and Letters: The Cast of Love Letters Reflect on...

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As Love Letters takes centre stage at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, audiences are being drawn into A.R. Gurney’s evocative romantic comed...

Flavours of Bali, Indonesia At Hilton Colombo Residencies

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A slice of Bali arrives in Colombo as Hilton Colombo Residencies hosts its Balinese Food Festival from 7 to 21 February 2025 to journey...

Buzz with Danu: Shashi Jayawardena

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Welcome back to another edition of Buzz with Danu, where we spill the tea on industry leaders, game-changers, and those who make the wo...

The Future of Design: Exploring Figma’s Role in 2025

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Have you ever had a brilliant idea for a design or project but felt limited by complicated software, lack of resources, or the inabilit...

A Valentine’s Guide to Love Languages

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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you might be scrambling to get her the freshest bunch of roses and only the most delecta...

Mei’s Jiaozi: Preserving Tradition, One Dumpling at a Time

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Sitting down with Yu Mei Kumarasinghe, I was immediately drawn to the sight of her expertly folding delicate sheets of dough with pract...

GLF: Four Days of Literary Brilliance, Debate, and Cultural ...

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Galle Literary Festival returned this year in spectacular fashion, drawing writers, thinkers, and book lovers from around the world to ...

Lost Roots: A Sri Lankan Adoptee’s 20-Year Search for her ...

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For 20 years, Fardau Huisman has been searching for a missing piece of her identity—the truth about her birth family. Born in Sri Lan...

The Whinging Pome: A Visit to Auschwitz

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Last week was the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. Visiting the site has been on ...

GLF 2025: Celebrated Authors, Historians, and Chefs Gather f...

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The Galle Literary Festival 2025 which begins today will over the next next three days host an exceptional lineup of speakers, each bri...

Buzz with Danu - Ranga Madushanka

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Meet AGNAR on the buzz this week, Where Style Meets Self-Expression!

The Endless Thought Loop: Why we overthink and how to stop

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Do you ever feel most of your problems would be solved if you could get a grip on your overthinking? If you do, you are correct because...

Patriotism and the youth

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77 years ago today, the major economic port, Ceylon, broke free from the British Empire and later established itself as the Democratic ...

DeepSeek: The Chinese AI Innovation That’s Changing Global...

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In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, a new player has emerged that’s turning heads worldwide. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI c...

Galle Literary Festival 2025: A Celebration of Words, Ideas,...

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Every year, within the ramparts of Galle Fort, where echoes of colonial history meet the rhythms of modern Sri Lanka, a remarkable gat...

Gourmet Galle: Andi Oliver

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Award-winning TV chef and broadcaster Andi Oliver has enjoyed a rich and varied career rooted in food and music. She has been a judge, ...

The Whinging Pome: A Very Diverse Bangkok … Revisited

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It has been twenty years since my last visit to Bangkok. Yet, having done two trips there in six months I see much has changed. A b...

Hideout Lounge Kandy: Eating (and Feasting) in the Hills

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There’s something about Kandy’s crisp evening air that makes a good meal even better. Maybe it’s the mist rolling over the hills,...

Gourmet Galle: Ravinder Bhogal

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Born in Kenya to Indian parents, Ravinder Bhogal is an award-winning journalist, author, chef and restaurateur. Ravinder’s acclaimed ...

Rani: How Swarna’s lifelong dream became a reality

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Asoka Handagama’s latest cinematic masterpiece ‘Rani’ delves into the extraordinary life of Dr Manorani Saravanamuttu, mother of ...

Buzz with Danu - Nadiya De Lanerolle

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Nadiya is a powerhouse of creativity and strategy, blending her expertise as a TV producer, PR and Reputation Specialist, and Corporate...

Commemorating Jayantha Premachandra At the Alliance Francais...

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An event commemorating the 90th Birth Anniversary of Jayantha Premachandra will be held at the Allliance Francaise. We had a chat wi...

TikTok: Why the World Can’t Get Enough

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In just a few short years, TikTok has gone from being ’’that app for kids’’ to a cultural phenomenon shaping how we consume, cr...

How to Travel on a Budget and Still Have the Time of Your Li...

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Think a vacation is out of reach because of your bank balance? Think again. Traveling on a budget isn’t just doable—it’s an adven...

The Fifth Wave: Top Five Design Predictions for 2025

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The world of design is evolving rapidly, driven by advancements in technology and shifting aesthetic preferences. For Sri Lankan creato...

Upendra Siriwardana: Sri Lanka’s Singing Sensation Takes F...

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In the world of reality television, few contestants leave a lasting impression quite like Upendra Siriwardana. The 33-year-old vocalist...

Galle Literary Festival Reveals 2025 Art Trail Programme

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Galle Literary Festival has released its full Art Trail programme in partnership with ARTRA Magazine. It is scheduled to run in paralle...

The Whinging Pome: Exploring Little Sigiriya

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When travelling around Sri Lanka, you can’t help but see how many temples there are. Not surprising when seventy per cent of the popu...