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Moneta: The all-in-one financial app

A fresh new approach to financial inclusion Is your credit score good enough to allow you access to a credit card? Or to get a personal loan? In Sri Lanka, if you wish to know your credit information, you must…

The fear of getting tested for Covid

Avoiding the consequences of a positive result  We have lived with Covid-19 for some time now and words like facemasks, vaccination, and new variants have become commonplace. However, with the evolution of the virus and the relatively haphazard vaccination rollout,…

Red card for child labour

By Nethmi Dissanayake Childhood, for most of us, was the best part of our lives. It was full of innocence, hope, and joy. We had no responsibilities, no worries. The only concerns we had were the “monsters” under our bed,…

Violated 

The aftermath of sexual abuse in children and adolescents and the uphill swim towards healing  For children and adolescents who are victims of sexual abuse, or abuse of any form for that matter, the aftermath is yet another challenge. Overcoming…

Travelling around Sri Lanka with Rs. 35,000: Ruwantha Dhananjaya on his solo trip

Ruwantha Dhananjaya is just 21 years old, and yet he has done more travelling than most of us I’m sure. After the first lockdown, Ruwantha seized the opportunity, when tourism was non-existent and hotels were offering great deals, to embark…

S&M: Victimology

Play the god or play the martyr? Play the angel or play the devil? Play the victim or play the survivor? I am sorry. I am not referring to a new global role-playing predicament. We look at the world today…

How to and how not to get hacked with Sajeewa 

Getting hacked has become one of the more common issues faced by people in the present day, and as our daily activities get more and more digitised, our online security has become incredibly important.  Globally, there are daily reports of…

CHAPTER 04: The French Cancan – legendary theme music

“The Bonsoir Diaries” by Kumar de Silva is a cocktail of chapters, bursting at their seams with pithy asides, a trail of faux pas, and tit-bits from behind the scenes, marinated with anecdotes and drizzled with nostalgia, revealing everything you…

S&M by Suresh de Silva: 7 brutal truths for a healthier life

2020 was a colossally turbulent year for all of us. A pandemic does not discriminate. And the repercussions that are a result of global discord, economic depravity, collapse of industry, and societal disruption are at incomprehensible scales. I made a…

What it means to be Sri Lankan

A Virgin Vote – short film by Udan Fernando By Dimithri Wijesinghe “A 53-year-old man arrives at the voting booth for the first time in his life, to vote for an election of the country that he holds dear to…