Naveed Rozais
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Naveed Rozais is a journalist with over ten years of experience in design and event management. He is also an organiser of Lanka Comic Con, Sri Lanka's premier geek and pop culture convention.

A vision for a stronger Sri Lanka through its youth

  Mangala Samaraweera’s Freedom Hub By Naveed Rozais ‘The youth are the future’ is an often touted sentiment but for youth to be our future, or rather, the future we want, they need to be given their best chance to…

Premium Sri Lankan flavours Mad Curry Skills by Chari

By Naveed Rozais Working with food is not something to be taken lightly – it involves long hours (not to mention clean- up) and lots of dedication.  This week, The Sunday Morning Brunch caught up with Mad Curry Skills by…

Long live the microtale: Short-form fiction and what it means

To read a book is now a luxury, and not just because books have become so expensive to print, but because no one really has the time anymore to sit down with a good book. At least, not in the…

We hold opportunity in our hands

Selyn Business Development Manager Selyna Peiris   Selyna Peiris on Sri Lanka’s craft industry and the future By Naveed Rozais The world of 30 years ago is immeasurably different from the world of today and not just because of Covid-19…

Christmas is about your fellow man

A message from Rev. Roshan Mendis of St. Andrew’s Scots Kirk Christmas is upon us! That magical time of year when most of us tend to take a break to spend time with those in our lives we hold most…

A school for alternative handcraft

Ishara’s School of Hobby Craft When we speak of craft, our mind tends to wander to the artisanal heritage crafts that Sri Lanka is most famous for, such as handloom, batik, or beeralu lace. However, craft isn’t relegated only to…

Food, drink and so much more: 7 Degrees opens its doors

By Naveed Rozais The locale of Park Road, Colombo 5 is now host to a somewhat unprecedented sensory and culinary experience. Officially opening its doors last week, 7 Degrees Restaurants is a complex of unique restaurants, each of which looks…

The Sri Lankan spirit of Christmas is food

A chat with Ruzaina Hadgie of The Minority Taste It’s officially Christmas season! While Christmas is a time for giving, joy, and peace, it is also, for most of us, a time for food. Food is, of course, an integral…

Say No Together 

A collaborative festival to shed light on gender-based violence Violence against women and girls is one of the ugly realities of life that we try our hardest to ignore. Part of why we strive to ignore this and pretend it’s…

A local twist at Galadari every Wednesday

By Naveed Rozais Colombo City has its crop of much-loved hotels, each of which has its own unique food offerings designed to excite palates both local and foreign. Despite being such a small city (comparatively), Colombo has a wealth of…