Lankan Moms vs Technology

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Our mothers are truly amazing. They successfully gave birth to us and managed to keep us alive for so long. They taught us everything w...

Is Being A Mum Getting Tougher By The Day?

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Every mum worries about their children. Be it about falling while playing, or eating well or their entire future in general regardless ...

Taking A Day Off Vs. Receiving Gifts

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This Mother’s Day we speak to mums to find out what they really want!

7 Jogging Tracks In And Around Colombo

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It’s time to trade in your stilettoes and Derby’s for a pair of trainers as we run through the jogging tracks of Colombo and its su...

Gudppl Organises Adams Peak Clean Up

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Gudppl (good people) is a new social network, with a passion to make a positive meaningful impact around the world through volunteerism...

Threats To Dogs At UoSJ

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The removal of dogs has raised concerns among the dog loving community and many incidents have been reported with regard to inhumanity ...

Suicide Awareness

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In this day and age of technological progression, the act of engaging in hashtag activism has been imbibed in our psyche. And not witho...

Lankan Household Myths Laid Bare

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Now, I know we’ve all had our fair share of anecdotes ever-so-generously conveyed to us by the older and possibly wiser folk. From li...

Unhealthy Eating Habits In Young People

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’’Oh! You have put on some weight!’’ is a rather brutally honest remark, which we often hear from our relatives or loved ones. ...

Is Sri Lanka fast becoming a perverts’ paradise?

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Sexual harassment in any form is unacceptable. Unfortunately in Sri Lanka sexual harassment is on the increase. Locals and tourists ali...

Laments from Mavil Aru

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The thirty year ethnic conflict victimised the entire nation, threatening the lives of many in addition to those who were killed or wen...

How do YOU celebrate Avurudu?

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April 13th marks the journey of the Sun from Meena to Mesha (from Pisces to/Pies) in the Zodiac. The traditions associated with the Sin...

The Art of the Email

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Communication in the work place underwent a serious and rapid transformation, when email was first introduced to say ’hi’ and ’by...

Three meals a day: a progression through history

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“Aiyo, you shouldn’t skip breakfast! It is the most important meal of the day- if you want to focus, you must eat breakfast.” “...

The Good, The Bad, The Casual

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Globalisation brought one thing into Sri Lankan culture – it normalised casual sex. I’ve really no intent to discuss my opinion on ...

Oppo F3 Plus Selfie Expert Reviewed

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The mobile phone industry was revolutionized with the introduction of the front cameras. The trend in taking selfies, increased the dem...

University students relate their ragging experiences

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Bullying in universities, commonly known as ’ragging’ has continued to reveal the ugly side of the Sri Lankan higher education syst...

The launch of Write to Reconcile Anthology III

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’Write to Reconcile’ a creative writing project initiated by internationally renowned writer Shyam Selvadurai stepped in to its thi...

10 Ways Bollywood Movies Lied And Continue To Lie To Us

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There’s something about the theatrics in Bollywood movies that have us hooked - from the histrionic reactions of the lead cast, the d...

Lies Every Girl is Tired of Hearing

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There are times I dream of éclairs from Tasty for weeks – the distance isn’t in my favour, so I settle for whatever comes my way. ...

Shirin Merchant

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The behaviour of dogs is often misunderstood by dog owners and people around them. Since many people do not understand the behaviour of...

Relationships in Your 20s Vs. 30s

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If I had to compare my relationships in my 20s versus those in my 30s, I’d say they are two extremes. While my 20s would be a spicy A...

Tales of a Mortician

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The life of an embalmer is one such critical role which involves much courage, concentration and responsibility. In an interview with L...

Cyber security threats and how to deal with them

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Social media has more or less influenced the daily activities of almost everybody in this world. In an attempt to shed light on how soc...

In Pursuit of Happiness

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Happiness is fleeting. It is elusive. It encapsulates the firmly established paradox in human nature - valuing that which we cannot att...

The Food Truck Culture

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Don’t we all recall with some childish wonder, the food vendors that made our evenings so delectable? Whether they travelled on foot,...

Vegetales: Dare to be a vegetarian

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As a nouveau vegetarian, who decided the meat had to go from the diet, I would say that the journey to get there was no walk in the par...

Colombo Operated Model United Nations 2017

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Colombo Operated Model United Nations (COMUN) is a platform for students to improve their public speaking skills while debating about a...

Review: Logan

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Logan isn’t constrained by rating, putting pieces in place for the next chapter, or keeping characters alive because they might be ne...