Are Elves Real? Have You Seen Elves?

When I was a child, elves lived only in storybooks. They appeared between colourful pages as tiny figures with pointed hats and mischievous smiles, always busy and always cheerful. As I grew older, they followed me onto television screens through cartoons and animated movies, where they danced, laughed, and worked tirelessly in snowy workshops. Years later, while decorating my classroom for Christmas, I found myself cutting out paper elves and pa

Why Christmas Feels Like a Pause Before Life Restarts

There is something about Christmas that makes time feel different. The days still pass, the clocks still tick, and yet everything slows, almost as if life itself has leaned back, taken a deep breath, and asked us to do the same. It is not quite an ending, and not yet a beginning. Christmas exists in that gentle in-between space, a pause before life restarts. Throughout the year, we move with urgency. We plan, push, respond, and recover, often wit

Christmas Gala Celebration Brings Festive Cheer

A Christmas Gala Celebration organized by Prithi Fernando was held in Colombo, bringing together guests for an evening filled with seasonal joy, festive décor, and warm camaraderie in the true spirit of Christmas.

MINOLI WICKRAMASINGHE CAPITAL TRUST HOLDINGS LIMITED

Minoli Wickramasinghe stands as one of Sri Lanka’s most accomplished and resilient business leaders, bringing together decades of experience across banking, logistics, corporate training, and real estate. As

ECHOES OF THE HEAVENS THE ORION MYSTERY AND THE MATHEMATICS OF THE ANCIENT WORL

Let us begin with a question as old as human curiosity itself: What is a constellation? At its most basic, a constellation is a group of stars that, to the attentive human eye (with the exception of Gen Z or Gen Alpha

A Tuk Ride Should Cost More Than a Cab. Why Not?

There is something quietly absurd about a tuk costing more than a car. Not absurd in a numerical sense, but in what it signals. A tuk is loud, imperfect, open to dust and rain, driven by someone who may tell you

Christmas at 700 Feet Lunch at Citrus Blue Orbit’s Festive Buffet

Some places live in a city’s memory long before they become dining destinations. The Lotus Tower is one of them. It rises above Colombo not just as an architectural icon, but as something almost

Chanel Turns Your Daily Life into a Runway Even Where You Least Expect It

You’ve probably never thought twice about a supermarket aisle, an airport check-in line, or a subway platform. They’re places you move through half-awake, phone in hand, just trying to get from A to B, not