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Fitting In As A Transwoman In Sri Lanka

Mohini* is a 23 year old trans-woman from the North. She identified as a female when she was as young as 10 years old, and has gone through bureaucratic processes to legally change her name and gender. She is now married to a distant cousin from a neighbouring village, and wants to adopt a child.

The Gardener In The City

The gardener in the city

Digitising Jaffna’s Oldest Literature

Jaffna Library

The Gardener That Grows His Own Food In The Heart Of Colombo

There are no fantastically trimmed hedges or fancy cherub-infested fountains, but stepping into Ranjit Seneviratne’s garden after navigating the concrete-riddled congested city of Colombo is an experience in itself. This is not your typical well manicured lawn, and you will not find any sweeping flower beds; instead there are arching fruit trees, silent ponds and a haphazard wilderness of thriving greenery.

This Digital Library Is Preserving Sri Lanka’s Tamil Literary Heritage

Over the course of history, the world has seen countless pieces of its heritage vanish forever with no chance for recovery. Vast contingents of knowledge are continuously being lost- to the passage of time, to natural causes like disasters, insects and mould, and to acts of war and unrest. Every time a palm-leaf manuscript crumbles with age or a mob-driven fire consumes a center of learning, the world loses an irreplaceable part of its past.

Ravana – Demon or Demigod? Depends On Which Side Of The Rama Setu You’re On

Ravana is the chief antagonist in the Indian epic Ramayana, written by the sage Valmiki, some time around 500 BC (although this is contested). This Sanskrit poem, containing nearly 24,000 verses, weaves the tale of Indian hero Rama, and his victory over the marauding King of Lanka, Ravana, who made off with his wife Sita.

The Time Fixer

Lenus Peiris makes a living by selling time—quite literally

Taking Care Of Timepieces: Inside One Of Colombo’s Last Clock Repair Shops

There are little shops in Fort and Pettah in Colombo which often go unnoticed, for most of these shops are hidden between much larger and newer establishments.Trust Watch Works on Sri Baron Jayathilake Mawatha in Fort, is one such place. The shop is run by Lenus Peiris, and he has made a living for himself and his family over the past ten years by making, selling, and repairing antique and modern clocks and watches.

The Digana Riots: Three Months Later

Last March, Sri Lanka was in a state of emergency. Racial tensions which had long been brewing online lead to rioting mobs, who subsequently damaged nearly 500 buildings; including homes, mosques, and businesses.

Udawalawe – The Jumbo Bungalow

While Udawalawe is best known for it’s elephants, there’s a lot more to this national park than that.

What Does ‘Eat, Play, Love’ Have To Do With Your Child’s Development?

The period between the ages 0-5 is considered most critical to a child’s development. It is during this stage that neural connections shaped by experience and environment are made, that form the foundation of a child’s development and help a child learn, thrive and grow.

Red Bull Campus Cricket

Finding a path to a professional career in cricket can be quite difficult after leaving school, but avenues like Red Bull Campus Cricket are paving a new path for the next line of cricket stars.

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