This week felt like a reminder that influence doesn’t always follow logic. Some things hold their place long after their time has pas...
This week’s Watchlist is all about the shiny and new, or at least, things that look new until you look a little closer. We’re headi...
We have all been there. You’re sitting on the sofa, staring at a paragraph you’ve already read three times. Your mind is wandering ...
There is a specific, fleeting window of time in Colombo where the city seems to hold its breath. It happens just as the sun begins its ...
The world was first forced to look at this in 2024 during the trial of Dominique Pelicot in France. We watched in horror as a 71-year-o...
A long weekend in Sri Lanka usually begins in a group chat. Someone throws out a casual “shall we go somewhere?” and within minutes...
This week feels like a loop. The heat is getting harder to ignore, Parliament is revisiting one of the country’s most painful chapter...
This week’s Watchlist is basically about perspective - what we choose to see, and what we only understand later. Inside the Manospher...
Not long ago, loneliness was considered a private ache, something people endured quietly and rarely discussed in polite company. Today,...
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...
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...
By the time you read this, Women’s Day is already behind us. The pink graphics have slowed down. The WhatsApp forwards declaring �...
Sunlight settles in deliberate squares across the floor. Iced lattes bead with condensation. Someone leans forward to adjust the angle ...
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 in most Sri Lankan families reveals itself through small routines rather than big conversations. A new tablet appears beside the...
“So, what next?” For women in their late twenties and early thirties, the question is rarely about work. It is not about promoti...
Sri Lanka rarely slows down. Deadlines stack. Prices shift. Conversations escalate before they settle. And yet, in a few days, Ramadan ...
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 love saying Sri Lankans do not read anymore, that attention spans are shrinking, that nobody has patience for long articles, books, ...
There is something very Sri Lankan about wanting to get away without actually going away. The desire is not to disappear, but to create...
Careers in beauty rarely move in straight lines. They expand through trial, repetition, pauses, recalibration, and moments that only ma...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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...
This week’s RihView isn’t about pretending things are calm. It’s about sitting with the contradictions. The quiet personal reckon...
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 past week in Sri Lanka unfolded in a way that left many people feeling slightly off-centre, even if they weren’t directly affecte...
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...
