In conversation with 2022 Booker Prize shortlisted author Shehan Karunatilaka Celebrated Sri Lankan author – whose most recent achievement was to be shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize for his second book ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ – Shehan…
Building a life in a foreign land
Civil and structural engineer Dinesha Malky Kuruppuarachchi shares her advice for those planning on migrating Civil and structural engineer Dinesha Malky Kuruppuarachchi (32) believes in surrounding herself with positive people. “If you want something in life, you can have it.…
Chathini Uduwana of Typefi talks IT and women
‘SL society is reluctant to accept a country head who wears denims and sneakers’ Chathini Uduwana, Sri Lanka Country Head for multinational software company Typefi, wanted to create a legacy. She wanted to challenge people who told her that she…
‘Education is not just about earning a grade’
Data scientist Chathra Hasini Hendahewa on the value of learning by experience By Jennifer Anandanayagam Chathra Hasini Hendahewa (40) is passionate about education and research, which is possibly how she ended up as a senior data scientist based in the…
Stories are powerful: Behind the Memories from the Margin exhibition
Memories from the Margin – documenting wartime experiences of the Palankudi community For the researchers behind the exhibition Memories from the Margin, which sought to highlight the post-war experience of the Palankudi community, each field visit was a poignant one.…
Sri Lanka has established an excellent community mediation model
In conversation with Team Leader of SEDR project in Sri Lanka “The World Justice Forum (WJF) held every three years is the premier international event for the rule of law, convening hundreds of government, civil society and private sector leaders,…
Write Home About | ‘I wonder if my land of birth will ever be the same again’ – Conservationist Ravi Perera
Wildlife Crime Scene Investigation Consultant and Conservationist Ravi Perera remembers, as a child, singing the Hymn for Ceylon and the national anthem every Independence Day while hoisting the Sri Lanka flag on the flagpole in his grandfather’s garden. “That was…
‘Happiness actually comes from giving’
Dinesh Palipana’s memoir ‘Stronger’ is a gentle reminder of what’s most important in life It was an average, albeit slightly gloomy day in Oxford, Nova Scotia, when I picked up ‘Stronger: How Losing Everything Set Me Free’ by Dinesh Palipana.…
Write Home About | Injecting humanness into every interaction
Discussing the ordinary and the extraordinary with novelist Ru Freeman By Jennifer Anandanayagam Sri Lankan American novelist, poet, and critic Ru Freeman has always had a way with words. Her books A Disobedient Girl, On Sal Mal Lane, and Sleeping…
Write Home About | Making a childhood dream a reality
Dr. Maheshika Halbeisen Kuruppuarachchi on the passion and determination that drove her to become a scientist By Jennifer Anandanayagam When determination and a positive attitude combine, what you’ll see is the journey a 19-year-old Sri Lankan student from Battaramulla took…
