A particular colonial legacy that has since become proudly local is tea, which was introduced in Sri Lanka by the British. Walk through one of the many tea estates in and around Nuwara Eliya and ...

In Sri Lanka, by contrast, British rule managed successfully to hinder the progression from feudalism to capitalism, ... All this goes back to my original point, that British rule did not liberate ...

Item 1 of 4 People view colonial-era artefacts that have been returned from the Netherlands, at the main Museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka December 5, 2023.

The myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...

COLOMBO — During the 18th and 19th centuries when Sri Lanka was a British colony, many British naturalists studied the island’s rich biodiversity and contributed to profiling the same.

The bicentenary of the arrival of Tamil indentured labourers in Sri Lanka also points to the unfulfilled task of nation-building in the island-nation May 18, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...

Western debt killed Sri Lanka. ... I got to see inside these colonial-era fortresses for the first time. ... I walked around a hall lined with plaques bearing the names of British colonizers, ...

A 2001 government census (PDF) says Sri Lanka’s main ethnic ... In the years following independence, the Sinhalese, who resented British favoritism toward Tamils during the colonial ...

Sri Lanka lures travellers with an impressive array: ... From Victorian-era colonial clubs to centuries-old Buddhist temples, ... where the British plantation owners once resided, ...