Mental wellness and keeping calm in times of trouble To say that Sri Lanka is currently grappling with its worst economic crisis is fast becoming, nay, has become superfluous. It is impacting practically every aspect of our lives. The fuel…
Sunday-Features
Great snakes!
What’s the story on snakebite management and the crisis? In general, snakes strike fear in one’s heart. While this aura of fear is mostly undeserved, the basis of that fear stems from the fact that some snakes are venomous. And…
Getting your nails done in times of crisis
Getting your nails done is an innocuous part of every modern woman’s life, or at least, it seems to be. Manicure and the many other things that can be done to your nails is becoming an internet content staple that…
Resilient as the land they call home
Stories from the Jaffna queer community By Paramie Jayakody Scenery flashes by the window like lightning as the train picks up speed; glimpses of Jaffna welcome me to the peninsula. Among the other vegetation stand the palmyrah trees, strong against…
A Nightmare in Wonderland
A journey from mad scripts to carpooling to the Wendt Last weekend, Brunch attended the opening night staging of ‘A Nightmare in Wonderland,’ an original play by the Mad Hatters’ Collective, written by Wayne White, directed by Wayne White and…
Blending mind and body through movement
Rangi Fernando on her new movement film Enjoy Enjaami and more The connection between our body and mind is truly mystical – the state of our body affects our mind, and the state of our mind affects our body. Dance…
Aragalaya Pride march: A first for Sri Lanka this Pride Month
In celebration of Pride Month and marking the continued efforts of GotaGoGama and the Aragalaya, a Pride march was held on 25 June 2022. The march was particularly significant as, while it may not have been the first initiative where…
Roe v. Wade: Sri Lanka’s restrictive laws disregard safety and choice
What are your thoughts on the right to access abortion? Do you feel it is a moral issue or one concerning choices and human rights? It’s certainly a messy question that is currently seeing heady division. Recently, the US Supreme…
Ananda’s 50-year legacy of Police cadetting
By Nilakshan Perera Former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike wanted to create a cordial relationship between school children and the Police Department, after carefully studying a similar programme in Singapore and Malaysia. Initiated with the support of the then Ministry of…
Q releases animated visual for her hip-hop/rap single ‘100K’
After the success of her debut Alternative/R&B Extended Play (EP) ‘Hysteria,’ which Rolling Stone India called “everything you want to hear in the music of empowerment,” generating radio play on BBC Asian Network, Sri Lankan artist Q (aka Francesca Mudannayake)…
