To put a timeline to this history of the trouser, my grandfather was born in 1845, three years before the Matale insurrection of 1848. I was born 100 years later, in 1945. In the late 50s or early 60s ...

For thousands of years, the golden kingdom of Lanka described in the Ramayana has captured people’s imaginations. It was said ...

Sri Lanka: A photo essay on Colombo’s porters—a centuries-old practice of inhuman exploitation. Shantan Kumarasamy. ... Pettah, located in the historic heart of Colombo, ...

7 must-see places in and around Galle Fort in Sri Lanka that showcase history and culture Turtles, a temple, tuna pizza, tea so fine it was once reserved for Chinese emperors, Galle Fort and its ...