If Ms. Rumpay Sera-singhe knew anything about the nation’s history she should know that of all the migrants who made Sri Lanka their home only the Sinhala-Buddhist turned out to be the supreme ...

What have we, the Sinhalese achieved, others have not, to entertain such pride”? I challenge all those out there, who keep chanting, I’m proud to call myself a Sinhala-Buddhist” to give me a valid ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

Dissanayake’s speech paying glowing tribute to sham independence and demanding that class interests of workers and the ...

The Buddhist Jataka Tales are easily some of the most accessible and widely read texts whose beauty lies in the spectacular ...

A little-known female author, G. Misihami’s spirit was very much present at a function held in Jaffna on January 18. A cultural centre in Jaffna was named after Thiruvalluvar, ...

The educational revival in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was influenced by Theosophists like Colonel Henry Steel ...

I am writing this brief essay in connection with the felicitation ceremony for Emeritus Professor Asanga Tilakaratne, one of the foremost ...

Laleen Jayamanne and Namika Raby (Part I of this article appeared in The Island on Friday (31 Jan.) Women’s Mental Health: ...

The question of stolen cultural property during the colonial era is not just one of legality; it is deeply embedded in ...

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks arrived at rock carved Buddha at Jehanabad in the Swat Valley today (Saturday ...