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Words: Bhanu Wijesinghe
Words: Bhanu Wijesinghe
With books, stage plays, and even theme park rides, people have romanticized the pirate life for decades, taken in by the...
Ornamental decorations go up in commercial centres and storefronts in November, but will be taken down on the 25th of December...
Console Wars:
While the first, and greatest console war was waged in the 90s between Nintendo’s SNES and SEGA’s Sega Genesis, it was a...
Tea is known to be the second most consumed drink in the world, only behind the basic human necessity, water.As can be expected...
Kyudo, or the Way of the Bow, is the Japanese martial art of archery that puts more emphasis on art than martial. In Japan, Kyudo...
The space of online streaming has always been a hotbed for strange trends that catch on like wildfire out of nowhere for...
The originator of all punk subgenres of speculative fiction, Cyberpunk is a movement of science fiction, a genre and culture that...
Sign Language
A Sign Language is defined as a language that uses manual, facial, and other body movements as a means of communication. Sign...
Earlier last week, an anonymous hacker leaked the entirety of Twitch to the internet, publicly disclosing every detail relating...
VR or virtual reality refers to computer generated simulation of a 3D environment. These simulations are usually navigated using...
Queen of Pop, Madonna paid tribute to her adopted son, David Banda, on his 16th birthday in a heartfelt Instagram post last week...
Veganism is a diet and lifestyle that abstains from the consumption of any and all animal based products for health,...
Last Thursday, Facebook, in association with Ray-Ban launched their first smartglasses, named Ray-Ban Stories.Facebook’s latest...
Competitive Eating, where participants eat as much as they can, as fast as they can, may not be the first thing that comes to...
Indi Yapa Abeywardena helps set up
Recently, Wear House, a brand new concept store showcasing a collection of Sri Lankan brands was launched as a collaboration...
Skateboarding is a American sport in which a rider rides and performs tricks on a skateboard, a flat board with rollers on the...
E-cigarettes and vapes are devices that vaporise substances for inhalation and are meant to diminish the harmful effects of...
Punk is a counter-cultural movement from the 20th Century that has since become one of the most recognisable subcultures in pop...
Steampunk is both a science fiction sub-genre as well as a sub- culture movement that is defined by technology and designs that...
Pseudoscience, often defined as a set of ideas presented as science without any basis in scientific fact, have been a part of...
Airships, also known as Dirigibles, Zeppelins and Blimps are relatively primitive aircraft that stay afloat by harnessing lighter...
Not long after the formal introduction of photography into the civilized world in the early 19th century, the act of capturing...
Kyudo, or the Way of the Bow, is the Japanese martial art of archery that puts more emphasis on art than martial. In Japan, Kyudo...
Yupun Abeykoon,
Yupun Abeykoon continued to break records last week at the Anhault 2021 athletic meet in Dessau, Germany, taking first place for...
Body modification is defined as the deliberate alteration of one’s physical appearance and anatomy for non-medical purposes....
More than mere silly games
Not too long ago, the terms Nerd and Geek held heavily negative connotations that damned any niche interests and those who liked...
Braille is a writing system for the blind and otherwise visually impaired, making use of raised dots on a page to represent...
Nilusha Fernando
Just two weeks ago, the Mrs World Peace 2021 beauty pageant announced its final winners after three months of competition. In its...
In the space of modern global culture, very few nations have managed to achieve the popularity and ubiquity that Japan has...
It is pretty much accepted that what is good art, and by extension, good music is quite subjective. No matter what level or lack...
Difficult as it is to admit, global culture has largely shown itself to be mostly Westernised. Western movies, music and books...
Over time, just as culture evolves, so does music and what we, as people take away from it. Thanks to a horrifying pandemic on...
Outsider Art:
When speaking of music and even art in general, due to its many changes and genres, it is pretty much impossible to pin down an...
Yasitha De Silva
Earlier this month, on the 16th, the 2020Hard Court Tennis Nationals Finals were held; having been postponed from last year due...
The local VFX community is, for the most part, ignored in the scope of the wider media industry in Sri Lanka, but this is not for...
Sri Lankan women’s tennis top seed Anika Seneviratne continues to dominate as she won her second singles division hard court...
On December 20-22, Agenda 14 held its 10th annual Short Film Festival, a platform for gifted, up and coming local filmmakers to...
When considering the relationship between music and the internet, one would usually expect it to be a win-win, mutually...
Reframing History with Santhoshya Jayamali Seneviratne
Earlier this year, author Santhoshya Jayamali Seneviratne published her latest book, Once Upon A Twice: The Unassigned Hour, a...
In the competitive world of content creation, it is practically impossible to stand out amongst the ocean of content creators,...
Non-combative martial art misunderstood by many
Parkour is a sport or physical training discipline originating from France, which has its practitioners, named traceurs, navigate...
It has become increasingly apparent that social media is essential to the vitality of communities, especially communities whose...
Great music has always been distinguished by certain characteristics, like craftmanship, inspiration and several other factors....
As an Island nation with a rich history like Sri Lanka, our most popular sites usually consist of our natural and historical...
The Travel Brothers - Supun and Harsha
The true strength of an online community is their ability to feed themselves. By merely functioning as it does, an online...
Noise Music:
Over its long and illustrious history, the single most immutable quality is its ever-present mutability. There is no concrete...
Sri Lanka through a greener lens
It is no secret that tourism and general human intervention has had an overall negative impact on the environment. Putting aside...
In politics, or more specifically Foreign Policy, power is vital for each nation to establish itself in the global stage. Power,...
In the world of gaming and eSports, it is impossible to ignore the absolute titans of influence in the East. As a global industry...
Since the relative calm that has been established since Covid-19, there has been a strong rise in patriotism and nationalism in...
Ornamental decorations go up in commercial centres and storefronts in...
While the first, and greatest console war was waged in the 90s...
Tea is known to be the second most consumed drink in the world, only...
Kyudo, or the Way of the Bow, is the Japanese martial art of archery...
The space of online streaming has always been a hotbed for strange...
The originator of all punk subgenres of speculative fiction,...
A Sign Language is defined as a language that uses manual, facial,...
Earlier last week, an anonymous hacker leaked the entirety of Twitch...
VR or virtual reality refers to computer generated simulation of a 3D...
Queen of Pop, Madonna paid tribute to her adopted son, David Banda,...
Veganism is a diet and lifestyle that abstains from the consumption...
Last Thursday, Facebook, in association with Ray-Ban launched their...
Competitive Eating, where participants eat as much as they can, as...
Recently, Wear House, a brand new concept store showcasing a...
Skateboarding is a American sport in which a rider rides and performs...
E-cigarettes and vapes are devices that vaporise substances for...
Punk is a counter-cultural movement from the 20th Century that has...
Steampunk is both a science fiction sub-genre as well as a sub-...
Pseudoscience, often defined as a set of ideas presented as science...
Airships, also known as Dirigibles, Zeppelins and Blimps are...
Not long after the formal introduction of photography into the...
Kyudo, or the Way of the Bow, is the Japanese martial art of archery...
Yupun Abeykoon continued to break records last week at the Anhault...
Body modification is defined as the deliberate alteration of one’s...
Not too long ago, the terms Nerd and Geek held heavily negative...
Braille is a writing system for the blind and otherwise visually...
Just two weeks ago, the Mrs World Peace 2021 beauty pageant announced...
In the space of modern global culture, very few nations have managed...
It is pretty much accepted that what is good art, and by extension,...
Difficult as it is to admit, global culture has largely shown itself...
Over time, just as culture evolves, so does music and what we, as...
When speaking of music and even art in general, due to its many...
Earlier this month, on the 16th, the 2020Hard Court Tennis Nationals...
The local VFX community is, for the most part, ignored in the scope...
Sri Lankan women’s tennis top seed Anika Seneviratne continues to...
On December 20-22, Agenda 14 held its 10th annual Short Film Festival...
When considering the relationship between music and the internet, one...
Earlier this year, author Santhoshya Jayamali Seneviratne published...
In the competitive world of content creation, it is practically...
Parkour is a sport or physical training discipline originating from...
It has become increasingly apparent that social media is essential to...
Great music has always been distinguished by certain characteristics...
As an Island nation with a rich history like Sri Lanka, our most...
The true strength of an online community is their ability to feed...
Over its long and illustrious history, the single most immutable...
It is no secret that tourism and general human intervention has had...
In politics, or more specifically Foreign Policy, power is vital for...
In the world of gaming and eSports, it is impossible to ignore the...
Since the relative calm that has been established since Covid-19,...
When examining religion in China, it is difficult to ignore not only...
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