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…
Sunday-Features
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…
Why is media obsessed with sexualising teenagers?
If you look at some of the more popular shows on television right now, you will notice many of them (in their fictional settings) feature teenagers, often in hyper-sexualised contexts, performing content that is meant to be more suitable for…
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…
Conferences in crisis
A study on flexibility and crisis management in turbulent times Considering that we as Lankans have been living in the midst of a crisis for some years now, (Easter 2019, Covid-19, the ongoing national crisis), we’ve somewhat begun to work…
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…
Sri Lanka’s first virtual museum on religious freedom
By Dimithri Wijesinghe Religious freedom is the ability provided for every individual – irrespective of the religious community they belong to – to be able to have, hold, change and/or adopt a religious belief of their choice. However, in Sri…
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…
Minimalism: The antithesis to overconsumption
Minimalism, at its simplest, is living with less stuff both in our physical and mental spaces. It can be adopted as a lifestyle, to cut out the excess and prioritise what is important in life. Considering the current crisis involving…
Is sex work just the same as any other job?
The status of sex workers in a world where being OnlyFans-famous is aspirational? There are a great deal of taboos and stigma around ‘the world’s oldest profession,’ and not too long ago, a woman based in America went viral on…
