“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t.” – “Alice in Wonderland”, Lewis Carroll The women on Jaffna’s streets ...

The dusty army checkpoint along the infamous A9 highway was the first sign I’d entered the “other” Sri Lanka -- the one that required an additional copy of my passport, my purpose and an inspection of ...

Northern Sri Lanka’s largest and most influential multitrade exhibition, will return for its 16th consecutive year from 23 to ...

India has extended its humanitarian and infrastructure assistance from the island's north to the northern Jaffna peninsula ...

A strong backlash from politicians and intellectuals in Jaffna, over the renaming the India-built Jaffna Cultural Centre as Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre, has prompted Indian authorities to put up yet ...

I didn't just visit Jaffna in Sri Lanka. I returned to it, like a forgotten verse in a prayer whispered by generations. The palmyra trees still stood like old soldiers, their fronds rattling like ...

When the Taliban regime in Afghanistan announced and then carried out the destruction of the massive stone Buddha statues at Bamiyan, the action justifiably provoked outrage around the world. In Sri ...

My Dear Friend, As a person who joined my local YMCA in 1979 as a youth and then became an Executive Secretary of the National YMCA in 1988, I had the ...

Northern Sri Lanka’s largest multitrade exhibition, would be held from January 23 to 25, 2026, marking its 16th consecutive ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. It's the smells I remember most from Dave's place: the powerful aromas of curry leaves and mustard seeds, of turmeric and chilli powder, ...

Selvarajah Ragunathan greets me warmly at his Jaffna home. His face is kindly but furrowed with sadness. He lost his brother and sister in the early years of the civil war, more than 20 years ago.