Erasha Hettige of Podi Hands Cook on staying creative to eat frugally As time inevitably marches on towards September, the reports from a few months ago of a looming food shortage are going to weigh more and more heavily on…
Jazzin’ 22
Telling stories through dance Next weekend (19 and 20 August) will see the DANCEWORLD School of Modern, Jazz, Contemporary and Ballet take to the stage for the first time since 2019 with Jazzin’ 22: United in Dance – a celebratory…
PappaRich Thalawathugoda
A culinary journey around Asian hawker streets The countries that make up South and Southeast Asia may all have their troubles, but it simply cannot be denied that their cuisines are incredible. Asian cuisine is in a league all its…
It’s about having fun
TikTok creator srilankanbruh on his content creation journey Lankan TikTok is its own vibrant little community of creators large and small covering all sorts of topics – from the more serious TikTokers covering topics like politics and Sri Lankan crime…
Fox Kandy: An idyllic hill country escape
Despite unceasing fuel struggles islandwide, Brunch nevertheless found ourselves making a trip to Kandy last weekend, and for our little sojourn into the fabled hill country capital, we made ourselves a home base at Fox Kandy, the Kandyan outpost of Fox…
SL Leopard Day: One step closer to meaningful long-term leopard conservation
Prof. Enoka Kudavidanage on the LCRP The Sri Lankan leopard is arguably one of Sri Lanka’s most famous and charismatic creatures. It is one of our most prolific tourism draws and plays an integral (and often underappreciated) role in our…
It’s been 39 years…
What lessons have we taken from the atrocities of Black July? Last Sunday (24) marked 39 years since Black July 1983, the first of six days of rioting, looting, and violence that claimed the lives of anywhere from 400 to…
Sri Lankan hospitality is alive and well
Ilias Vamvakas of Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts on the future of resort travel By Naveed Rozais To say that Sri Lanka’s hospitality and tourism industry has taken a beating these last few years is an understatement. But, like all elements…
The right friend makes all the difference
Binu Wickramasinghe and Shahili Gomes-McCoy of The Design Collective on the role friendship played in building their business Love is a many-splendoured thing, because, like all things splendid and great, it comes in many different forms. One of the purest…
Music is its own language
The Muslim Choral Ensemble takes its first global step “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast” is likely one of the most famous quotes about music that one can find. The line was uttered by a character in William…
