RihView: Hot Weather & Easter Attack Debates

This week feels like a loop. The heat is getting harder to ignore, Parliament is revisiting one of the country’s most painful chapter...

The Watchlist Whisperer: Inside the Manosphere & Reality Che...

This week’s Watchlist is basically about perspective - what we choose to see, and what we only understand later. Inside the Manospher...

The Business of Loneliness

Not long ago, loneliness was considered a private ache, something people endured quietly and rarely discussed in polite company. Today,...

RihView: Fuel Queues & School Extra Curricular Costs

This week’s news had a very familiar Sri Lankan theme: other people make the mess, and somehow we end up standing in line for it. Fue...

The Watchlist Whisperer with Rihaab Mowlana

This week’s Watchlist came together in two very different ways: one show I’d been waiting years to see return, and one film I watch...

The Morning After Women’s Day

By the time you read this, Women’s Day is already behind us. The pink graphics have slowed down. The WhatsApp forwards declaring �...

Grief, Guilt, and the Weekend Brunch: When the world burns, ...

Sunlight settles in deliberate squares across the floor. Iced lattes bead with condensation. Someone leans forward to adjust the angle ...

RihView: Crises and Cricket

This week isn’t about light drama or internet nonsense. It’s about power. The kind that drops bombs and redraws borders. The kind t...

Ageing & Mental Health in Sri Lanka: Growing Old in a Countr...

Ageing in most Sri Lankan families reveals itself through small routines rather than big conversations. A new tablet appears beside the...

The Marriage Deadline

“So, what next?” For women in their late twenties and early thirties, the question is rarely about work. It is not about promoti...

The Discipline of Slowing Down: Preparing for a Month of Fas...

Sri Lanka rarely slows down. Deadlines stack. Prices shift. Conversations escalate before they settle. And yet, in a few days, Ramadan ...

Foreigners Only

Every few months, Sri Lanka seems to rediscover a truth it has never fully confronted. The phrase changes shape depending on who is say...

We Are Not Stupid. We Are Just Overfed With Information We N...

We love saying Sri Lankans do not read anymore, that attention spans are shrinking, that nobody has patience for long articles, books, ...

Ayr Castle 1922

There is something very Sri Lankan about wanting to get away without actually going away. The desire is not to disappear, but to create...

From Sri Lanka to Australia to London Fashion Week: How Beau...

Careers in beauty rarely move in straight lines. They expand through trial, repetition, pauses, recalibration, and moments that only ma...

The Watchlist Whisperer: Haq & The Diplomat S3

This week’s Watchlist feels like a study in emotional range. On one end, there’s Haq, quiet, heavy, and the kind of film that asks ...

RihView: Power & Passports

The past week wasn’t about scandals or stats. It was about who gets protected, who gets punished, and who’s expected to swallow it ...

Being Mean Has Never Been This Easy

There was a time when a truly nasty comment online still caused a pause. Someone would call it out. Someone would say this is too much....

RihView: On Women, Blame, and Carrying Too Much

This week, I have a lot to say. The kind of week where everything feels connected, but trying to write about all of it would dilute the...

RihView: Power, Pause, Processing

This week’s RihView isn’t about pretending things are calm. It’s about sitting with the contradictions. The quiet personal reckon...

Rediscovering Unawatuna

I thought I knew Unawatuna well. I had been there enough times to believe I had already formed an opinion, enough visits for it to slip...

The Flood You Don’t See

The past week in Sri Lanka unfolded in a way that left many people feeling slightly off-centre, even if they weren’t directly affecte...

Belle Colombo: A Place for Great Steak and Great Stories

Colombo has tested me in many ways, but nothing bruised my spirit quite like the hunt for a decent steak. I spent years searching for a...

SĀRA: A Legacy of Fertility, Family, and Freshly Bottled Go...

From a coconut plantation in Weriyapola to handcrafted wellness blends in Colombo, SĀRA is more than a brand. It’s a story of three ...

Faith Meets Wanderlust: How Malaysia Is Redefining Muslim-Fr...

Tourism conferences rarely leave room for emotion. They’re usually about numbers - arrivals, targets, and growth percentages - the la...

RihView: Cost, Cartels & Complicated Love

The past week, Sri Lanka proved that even survival here is a luxury purchase, the Navy hauled in another billion-rupee drug bust that f...

The Cost of a Scare: How Halloween Became Colombo’s Newest...

A few years ago, Colombo’s idea of Halloween was bored teenagers huddled together to enjoy a horror movie marathon. Today, it’s a m...

Paraíso SBKZ: Inside Sri Lanka’s First International Danc...

Paraíso SBKZ - Sri Lanka Dance Festival 2025 isn’t just an event - it’s a vision taking shape. A vision to show the world that Sri...

RihView: Medals, Mayhem & Missing Jewels

The past week was a showcase of talent, turbulence, and top-tier thievery. Our athletes sprinted past systemic neglect to bring home gl...