The Rise Of The Sex Tape

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As a nation having topped the list of countries that searched for the word ’sex’ on Google for the fifth consecutive year in 2016, ...

Types Of Twitter Users

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I like to think that Twitter is the window to your soul, in 140 characters. Try as you might, eventually, your true personality always ...

Battling The Labour Shortage In Sri Lanka

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The labour force, synonymously known as the ’Economically Active Population’ in the country has immensely contributed to the countr...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Asha De Vos

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A message from marine biologist and ocean educator Asha de Vos, for International Women’s Day.

International Women’s Day

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A day that has been observed since the 1900s International Women’s Day is now recognised each year on March 8. In 1910, a woman calle...

Feminism, chivalry and sexism

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As the world celebrates International Women’s Day tomorrow, many women’s rights activists have once again started to question the t...

The ragging culture in Sri Lanka's education system

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Higher education is a golden opportunity which is not appreciated by many of those students who are ‘lucky’ enough to walk in to a ...

Sanjeev Jayaratnam’s ACE Exams the SMART Way

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Sanjeev Jayaratnam’s current initiative, ACE Exams the SMART Way, is an acute skill-building programme aimed at equipping students wi...

Apathy and the young adult

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If there is a choice between dealing with aggressive behaviour or apathy, I might well choose aggressive behaviour. Why? Because, aggre...

Men will be men?

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In the face of the recent mass molestation of female revellers at a New Year’s event in Bengaluru, the words

In conversation with Kayla Perera

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Golf is a sport which is loved by many people as a sport and as well as a past time. Kayla Nicole Perera is one such passionate female ...

The Tropical Purple Hearing Aids

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Nine year old Reshmi Senanayake is an aspiring young author whose preliminary novel, The Tropical Purple Hearing Aids is the perfect gi...

The Mannequin Challenge

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Every once in a while, a craze sweeps the Internet. In 2010 it was planking and two years ago, the Ice Bucket Challenge saw millions o...

Meet Shabnam Fazi

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When you first meet Shabnam Fazi, 23, it is her warmth and natural ability to be helpful that catches your attention.

Imanthi Perera launches Ink Theory

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Newcomer to the world of literature, Sri Lankan author Imanthi Perera officially launched her debut book titled

Pageant Fatigue

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Sri Lanka seems to be in the clutch of an epidemic of beauty pageants. Our little island with its 20 million or so population seem inte...

Selfie Mania

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Hailed as the ultimate solution to showcase to the world what we do privately when no one else is around to take that moment to etch in...