Pakistan’s Sikh legacy: Beyond religion, beyond borders
“If you could visit any place in Pakistan, where would you go?” asks Amardeep Singh whenever he gives a talk to introduce his recently published travelogue Lost Heritage – The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan.
The question, aimed primarily at Sikh…
Waiting for a miracle
A public toilet that doesn't make you faint
The best thing about the building I come to work to six days a week is that it has reasonably clean (as in dry), separate toilets for women in each floor. It is a luxury that few women in this…
Remembering Lasantha
Lasantha Wickremathunga 8th death anniversary was held at Borella cemetery today.
08 Jan, 2017.
Eight years after the murder of The Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, his colleague Dilrukshi Handunnetti remembers all that he…
In Fact: India, Bhutan and China, geopolitics lesson, reaffirming an old friendship.
Perhaps one of the biggest learnings from the 72-day standoff at Doklam is the need for India to reach out more to the people of Bhutan.
Just over a year ago in Tashkent, President Xi Jinping had turned down Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
Clean cookstoves key to Sri Lanka’s green village drive
In central Sri Lanka, energy-efficient stoves are helping small businesses to flourish and encourage low carbon development.
Rows of bottled savoury snacks, known as murukku, are ready for collection at TAW Bandara’s modest home in…
Pakistan’s Sikh legacy: Beyond religion, beyond borders
“If you could visit any place in Pakistan, where would you go?” asks Amardeep Singh whenever he gives a talk to introduce his recently published travelogue Lost Heritage – The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan.
The question, aimed primarily at…
Not A Racquet To Call His Own, Roshan Singh Rules Badminton Courts
Early in the morning, when most adolescents his age are in deep slumber, 16-year-old Roshan Singh starts pedalling to a nearby field. A tee and shorts and a pair of worn out shoes is all that he carries to warm up and begin his ‘untrained’…
Aishwarya: Dreams Of Flying High Defies Pull Of Poverty
Abject poverty has disturbed her childhood true, but never deterred her spirit to excel. She chose to soar in academics and she did. Something, she as a 16-year-old, understands can get back dignity to her family and give them a decent…