Cultural orthodoxy and popular Sinhala music

Culture is an evolutionary process, and in that evolution, which is a ceaseless progression, there is integration and rejection. Those that are integrated become part of that culture. It is only then that they qualify to be artifacts. But that takes time. Art, or the products of creative enterprise therefore, can never be weighed and considered, nor evaluated or interpreted in terms of culture.

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Teaching and learning English:

A failed exercise?

Please use your executive powers and in the same way you have successfully fought terrorism, lead the battle to teach English to our rural children. With your love for the rural poor, this battle too is yours to win.

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World must save them from extinction threat

Today, we celebrate the international day of the world’s indigenous people:

The voices of Indigenous peoples, if we take the trouble to listen to them, convey priceless messages to the world: their traditions, particularly ethical and spiritual ones, coupled with their management of complex ecosystems and their know-how, all play a vital role in the search for development and peace.

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