RihView: Hashtags, Handcuffs, and Hacks

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This week’s news was one long sigh. We watched corporations turn mental health into a PR stunt, a police officer forget what the word...

How Stress Silently Shapes Women’s Health

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Many women pride themselves on their ability to “handle it all” careers, relationships, family responsibilities, and personal growt...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2025

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October isn’t just about cosy weather and pumpkin spice...it’s also a month painted in pink. Everywhere you look, there’s a gentl...

Hackathons: Why Every Student (and Young Professional) Shoul...

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The concept sounds simple: gather a team, solve a real problem, and build a working prototype in 24 to 48 hours. Yet this formula has c...

At Global Travel Meet, Malaysia Reintroduces Itself to the W...

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The chatter of a hundred languages rose through the halls of Kuala Lumpur’s World Trade Centre. Somewhere between the aroma of Malays...

Why Self-Love Feels So Difficult (and What to Remember About...

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We hear it everywhere: “love yourself.” It sounds simple enough, right? But when you actually try to practice self-love, it often f...

Tech Grads, Feeling Stuck? Here’s How to Start Moving Forw...

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You’ve just walked across the stage, diploma in hand, computer science degree finally yours after years of late nights, debugging cod...

Beyond the Day Job: Sri Lanka’s Side Hustle Generation

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Walk into any Colombo cafe these days and you’ll notice something curious. The person at the next table isn’t just sipping a cappuc...

‘KICK OFF’ - Thiloka Karunarathne’s literary debut

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Thiloka Karunarathne’s literary debut, ‘Kick Off’, was launched recently in Colombo. Thiloka, who is an Attorney-at-Law, is a Gra...

Disruptors: Raffealla Fernando

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I met Raffealla Fernando at a coffee shop, voice recorder perched between us, and within minutes, I understood why she had to be the on...

RihView: Floods, Fees, and Foolish Pride

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This week’s news came with plenty of water, way too many zeros, and just enough ego to make you shake your head. From citizens rising...

4 Websites That Saved My Sanity

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It’s 2 AM, you’re still staring at your laptop screen, and tomorrow’s presentation feels like climbing Sigiriya in flip-flops. So...

The Rise of “Chosen Families”

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In today’s world, the definition of family has truly evolved and continues to do so. Once confined strictly to bloodlines and legal t...

RihView: Violence, Vanity, Vindaloo

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The past week was one big irony reel. A man who once said gun deaths were “worth it” met that fate himself, a local tourist decided...

Layers of Love: The Story Behind Cuppacreme

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For Aaliyah Mansoor, baking is both art and memory. It began with the fascination of watching her aunt frost a cake, and grew into a pa...

These Are the Good Old Days (You Just Don’t Know It Yet)

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There are some things in life that quietly remind us that time doesn’t stop for anyone. The rain falls whether you’re happy or hear...

The Technology That Finally Leaves You Alone

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Your phone buzzes. A notification pops up. Your smartwatch vibrates. Another alert sounds. Welcome to modern life, where technology see...

Why Sri Lanka Still Fumbles Sex Ed: And What That’s Doing ...

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It’s not often that a piece of latex makes national headlines. But Sri Lanka is once again debating whether condom use belongs in cla...

RihView: Moons, Ministries, and Malware

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This week gave us celestial drama, ministry squabbles, and a reminder that your phone might be the easiest pickpocket in town. The bloo...

When ’Not Yet Married’ Feels Like a Crime

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At some point during the transition between the age of innocence and the age of ’’so when is the wedding?’’Every Sri Lankan wom...

How AI Workers Will Change Your Job (And What You Need to Do...

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Your next coworker might not need tea breaks or festival holidays. Agentic AI, think of it as AI that actually works instead of just an...

The Fake News Fast Lane: Why We Keep Falling for AI Lies

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It began with a single photo. A doctored image of Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala surfaced online last week, shared with capti...

Why the ‘Now’ Is Your Best Moment

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Life moves pretty fast. Like ‘blink and you miss it’ fast. Between studies, work, social media, and all the endless notifications, ...

8 Tech Books That Transformed My 2025 Reading List

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Instead of scrolling through social media during traffic jams, I decided to make better use of my time this year. Here are eight techni...

RihView: Cops, Coffins, and Caps

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The past week was a masterclass in disgrace. A police constable fell harder than his own institution’s credibility, funeral parlour e...

Rushing “I Do”?: Love, Laugh… and Wait!

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In Sri Lanka, weddings are the ultimate show. The glittering sarees, the ceremonies, the cake structures taller than your little cousin...

How Savyscakes Turned Cake Into Couture

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The wafer paper was delicate, almost too delicate. One wrong brushstroke and it would tear, crumple, or worse, disintegrate into sugar ...

The Instagram Therapy Trap: The Pop Psychology Problem

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You don’t need to scroll far to see it. Toxic, triggered, gaslighting, boundaries; the vocabulary of psychology is everywhere, from c...

RihView: Courtrooms to Hospitals, Standing Together & Finger...

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The past week was a reminder that in Sri Lanka, accountability is more performance art than practice. Arrested politicians head straigh...