Sri Lankan gastronomy: In conversation with Koluu
Koluu is arguably Sri Lanka’s best known and most loved chef, and an actor to boot. We begin our conversation by going back to his childhood and looking at what prompted him…
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Colossal Mihin Lanka losses: Some context
Photo courtesy Wikipedia Through and other media we learn that Mihin Lanka, the brainchild of Sri Lanka’s current President Mahinda Rajapaksa, lost 2.2 billion over the current financial year. As Colombo Page notes,…
The invisible sexism in mainstream media
The ran this story today. Rather than critique it, we did a simple thing. We changed the gender of those mentioned in the story. If you think the following article is utterly…
Archive of #askcbsl: Twitter Q&A with the Governor of the Central Bank
Image courtesy Centralbanking.com On 17th February, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivad Cabraal participated in an unprecedented Q&A session over Twitter, in the vein of similar interactions with Lalith Weeratunge, the President’s Secretary and…
Hearings of the Commission to Inquire into the Complaints regarding Missing Persons
Image courtesy . The following letter was sent to Groundviews by a reader with the following covering note: The letter I send you is from a Collective of Families of Disappeared Persons who…
“Sri Lanka: Reconciling and Rebuilding”: Framing the lies
[Editors note: Apologies for the sluggish loading time of this page if on a relatively slow Internet connection, on account of the high-resolution images embedded in it.] The 30-minute “documentary” on Sri Lanka…
Groundviews featured at Colombo Art Biennale and Colomboscope 2014
Some photos from venues in the city that are part of the Colombo Art Biennale 2014, taken on 31st January 2014. Venues included the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute, JDA Perera Gallery, Lionel Wendt…
Readings, photos and speech from ‘Short & Sweet’ launch
Around 180 attended the launch of Sri Lanka’s first collection of hint fiction, ‘Short & Sweet’, on 24th January at the 80 Club in Colombo. Treating the collection as a script, the Floating Space…
Meetings across acrylic, canvas and dance: India-Sri Lanka Artists Week
I spent some time with 12 visual artists and 1 dancer, from Sri Lanka and India, at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo today, who are part of an interesting and pioneering…
Pricing and availability of ‘Short & Sweet’: An anthology of Sri Lankan hint fiction
The launch of , Sri Lanka’s first hint fiction anthology, will take place exactly a week hence in Colombo. Details of the book as well as the venue for the launch can…
Archiving a country’s records: In conversation with Dr. Saroja Wettasinghe
Dr. Saroja Wettasinghe is the Director of Sri Lanka’s National Archives. We begin our conversation by going into what she actually does, day to day, at the National Archives, and what as an…
The evolution of the Sinhala typeface: In conversation with Sumanthri Samarawickrama Jayaweera
Sumanthri Samarawickrama Jayaweera is a Lecturer at the University of Moratuwa. Sumanthri was part of a panel discussion at the presentation of Visual Diversity in Sri Lanka, a book on design, at…
2013 Top 20: Our Most Popular Posts of the Year
Photo courtesy The 20 most read posts on over the course of 2013. Numbers in italics indicate pageviews since the article was published, accurate at the time of publication. CHOGM 2013: A…
In conversation with Harsha Purasinghe: Tech entrepreneurship and innovation in Sri Lanka
Both the LinkedIn and Twitter profiles of Harsha Purasinghe note that he is Founder & CEO of Microimage, Microimage Mobile Media and WSO2 Mobile. He is in short a serial technology entrepreneur…
Launch of Short & Sweet: An anthology of (very) short stories on Sri Lanka
After over an year in production, ‘Short & Sweet’, Sri Lanka’s first hint fiction anthology is almost ready to hit the bookshelves in Sri Lanka, and online bookstores. As noted in the…