Spring officially brings an end to winter, and the whole planet comes alive again. The sun shines more boldly, trees […]
“It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to […]
“A vast sheet of water, covered with lotuses in flower, amid which thousands of aquatic birds are sporting, at the […]
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The attention span of humans is very short and the memory is even shorter. It has the wonderful capability of […]
My earliest Holi memories go back to my growing up days at the paramilitary camp where we stayed during my […]
“A woman dances away in bliss, a sublime smile playing on her lips: a group of men painted pink, green, […]
Drip-drip, the rain fell insistently outside my window. It was not a hard, drumming rain that bears down like dead […]
Last updated: October 25, 2026 The Colpetty or Kollupitiya Market is heralded by the senior Colombites as a tradition that […]
When I was in Sri Lanka the monsoon was in full swing. The little teardrop-shaped island was lashed by angry […]