In Conversation Deshika Rodrigo

‘Top50’ Professional and Career Women Awards 2021

Women in Management, IFC and Government of Australia recognise inspiring women from Sri Lanka and Maldives in ‘Top50’ Professional and Career Women Awards 2021

30TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF ABC SCHOOL OF EARLY LEARNING

ARCHIFAIR 2021 To Promote the Art of Social Wellbeing in Sri Lanka

The ARCHIFAIR 2021 is a one-of-a-kind event that is being organized by the Sri Lankan Institute of Architects (SLIA) to help demonstrate and promote healthy living and healthy lifestyles during this pandemic.

Against ageism angst!

“Aged like fine wine,” is a reoccurring saying that most of us would recall over the years. From parents to peers this was said referencing someone who was ‘getting on in years,’

Experiencing Paradise in Luxury with ‘Reef Talpe’

Awash by the sounds of the waves breaking on the sand and glowing in the golden light of a beautiful sunset, Reef Talpe Villa offers their guests an experience of luxury that can hardly be rivaled.

NEW YEAR MESSAGES

New Year. New You!

As we welcome 2022, it seems almost surreal that another year has closed, bringing about so many changes, that are right out of an award-winning Screen Writers script!

26th Edition of Shuffling Suitcases

Shuffling Suitcases started in 2017 with the aim of creating a platform for better choices by bringing sustainable homegrown brands and underground artists under one roof. While sustainability looked like a preached concept, we made it simpler and more achievable through our offline editions year after year.

Christmas Curiosities and Contrivances

‘Tis the season to be… well whatever your heart desires! That is, I might add, the beauty of living in the 21st century. It is also a celebration for us Christians on a religious level, but living in the wonderful melting pot that is Sri Lankan society, it is a celebration for absolutely everyone!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christmas Then and Christmas Now

When Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted by the Ghost of Christmas Past, it takes him through a series of memories of the good times he’d had in the days gone by. Days when he was happier, carefree, young and full of love.

Celebrating remarkable female leaders in the Maldives.

WIM Maldives, a chapter opened in 2017 by WIM Sri Lanka, celebrated its third annual WIM Professional & Career Women Awards, Maldives on the 15th of December 2021 at the Hotel Jen, Male.

THARUSHA VITHANAGE FOUNDER, COLOMPUR

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’ we feature Tharusha Vithanage, Founder of Colompur. Tharusha is an alumnus of Lyceum International School,

White, Whiter and Whitest!

Beauty is only skin deep? Don’t judge a book by its cover? How many of these seemingly timeless adages have we heard?

The Greater Good of Sustainability with HOUSE OF LONALI

The concept of ’’Environmental Sustainability’’ within a fashion brand is something we’re all quite familiar with these days.

Fashion takes on ‘The New Local’ at MBFW Sri Lanka

Fashion brands, local graduates, and new-gen designers to inspire the world with Sri Lanka’s new #designforexport solutions, creative talent and entrepreneurship spirit, at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week SL 2021

Amoda Rathnayake Associates: Designing Luxury

From designing your dream home to designing the most innovative and captivating corporate spaces, Amoda Rathnayake Associates headed by Ms. Amoda Rathnayake, is one of Sri Lanka’s premier design and architecture firms. Still not having even reached a decade of service,

Modernization meets Lankan Culture, raising Fine-Dining to New Heights!

Colombo has upped its ’’eating-out’’ game immeasurably; fine-dining or even brunch in an elegant yet comfortable setting has become the trendiest dine-in that people are beginning to prefer nowadays!

Experience a profusion of Art and Architecture at Cinnamon Bentota Beach

Travellers looking for a distinctive cultural and aesthetic experience need not look further than Cinnamon Bentota Beach,

House of Braahtii International Artisans Collaboration Platform Comes To Sri Lanka

House of Braahtii is a parent company of Shaan-e-Pakistan and has done major events in the International Arena taking hundreds of people to different countries and the world,

Love Local Brands this Christmas with Selyn!

Sharing the Christmas Spirit with local vendors and artisans, Selyn recently announced their annual “Love Local” pop-up market will be happening again this Saturday, 11th of December from 10 AM - 8 PM at their flagship store in Colombo 05.

DESIGNERS AT MBFW 2021 DAY ONE

AMESH is a celebration of Colour, Culture, Creativity, Community and Craftsmanship. “Flower Boys” is a collection expanding these ideas whilst rooting to personal experiences and stories, challenging social stereotypes

Integrating Nature Elements With High-Fashion: Natharlea Yahampath

Fashion is beauty that illuminates from your soul; it is a freeze-frame representation of your beliefs, values, and virtues that reflect how you see life along with other thought processes.

Putting on the Blinkers A comment on the education of my generation.

Most of us have had an education. But on reflection, this education we had at our schools and outside of it has subconsciously influenced us in the way we judge those whom we encounter during our lives.

THE HOTMESS BY AANYA NANAYAKKARA

Hotmess SL, is the newest home bakery to be launched in Colombo during lockdown. They offer an extensive menu of mouthwatering,

Style, Spectacles and Synchronicity

Before, I am raked through the coals by the angry mob and vilified with the usual “who the hell does she think she is” and “who gave her the right to say this,” let me be the first to admit that style is subjective, and clarify that I am in no particular position to cast anything but my own personal opinion.

CAMILLE FRASER MANAGING DIRECTOR, HASHTAG

On this week’s edition of ‘The Founder’ we feature Camille Fraser, the Founder and Managing Director of Hashtag; a creative agency launched in 2014.

CANCERFUND-GALLE Art Giving Life to CANCER

The human body is an absolute marvel that we do not appreciate enough when we are healthy and perhaps start to value more fully when we fall ill.

Belles, Bullies and Balls!

The dearth of any social interactions during the numerous lock-in, ups and downs, meant that we were all excited to be out and about experiencing ‘people time’ with our near and dear.