Savindri Perera tells the Sri Lankan powers that be For Savindri Perera, 28, her childhood spent in Sri Lanka was wonderful. She belonged to an average family, surrounded by food and family dinner parties. They’d go on holidays with cousins…
Write Home About By Jennifer Anandanayagam | From ocean conservation to helping his motherland: Madhawa Bandara on making a positive impact on global issues
From the role of a chemical compounder at Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics to Director of Education at the Ocean Legacy Foundation, Madhawa Bandara has had an interesting journey to say the least. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Bandara loves…
Beverages and business with Dushyantha De Silva
A 16-year-old boy, inspired by his father, started his first business – a store – out of his bedroom, with his brother. He sold goods at a premium to his father, bought using money he obtained from his father. “My…
‘Keep moving, change is coming’
Amanda Weeraratne Alexander asks Sri Lankans to have faith Software marketing professional Amanda Weeraratne Alexander decided to move to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with her husband Gavin Alexander, during the height of the pandemic in 2020. “I decided to make…
Author and researcher Sarah Kabir on SL’s history of violence and the need to be cautious now
As is the case with most unpleasant experiences in life, it is when we are under the most amount of pressure that we have to find a way to think critically, rein in our emotions, and proceed with caution. It’s…
Eat Happy by Community Meal Share
Bringing more than just meals to the tables of Sri Lankan communities It doesn’t take a lot to get us feeling down these days. All one has to do is switch on the news or even take a stroll (when…
Ashok Ferrey on grief, loss, and Sri Lanka
Author Ashok Ferrey thinks that the youngsters out there in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka are showing the rest of us the way; and he is proud of them. “We’re so comfortable, it is almost impossible to get us off our backsides…
‘Empathy is innate, but the choice to use it is in our hands’ – Author Mimi Nicklin
Author Mimi Nicklin discusses her new book and the need for empathetic leaders in Sri Lanka Empathy advocate and author Mimi Nicklin’s book Softening the Edge couldn’t have come at a better time. The global pandemic, collapsing economies, and Sri…
‘We are ready to contribute towards bringing foreign exchange to Sri Lanka’
Sri Lankan-Canadian tech entrepreneur Chanuka Wijesundara talks innovation and collaboration Two Sri Lankan entrepreneurs living in Canada – Chanuka Wijesundara and Kamaj Silva – have started a venture that they hope will afford more opportunities to small-scale Sri Lankan entrepreneurs…
‘Spending time at the beach or the pool doesn’t require electricity’ – Ken Abroad
YouTuber Ken Aaron Doescher talks travel, power cuts, and staying positive in Sri Lanka YouTuber Ken Aaron Doescher of Ken Abroad was recently in the news when he released a video titled “I’m Thinking About Leaving Sri Lanka Soon”. The…
