BOOK EXCERPT A new book tells the story of Sri Lanka with myths and folklore about demon-king Ravana An excerpt from ‘Ravana’s Lanka: The Landscape of a Lost Kingdom’, by ...

Shehan Karunatilaka says it helps to hide behind characters who are at the extremes. Credit: Getty That said, he’s never spotted an apparition. “According to Sri Lankan folklore you can either ...

“Our platform offers interactive books in both Sinhala as well as English, read aloud by Elocution teachers of both languages. It also comprises traditional Sri Lankan folklore titles, as well as ...

Veteran folklorist, lyricist, and scholar Dr. Rohana Beddage launched his latest book, Sinhala PiruluKoshaya, on June 14 at the SunethradeviPirivena, Pepiliyana. This encyclopedia of Sri Lankan pirulu ...

Their books display inventiveness in form and explore a variety of themes drawing from Buddhist mythology, Sri Lanka’s socio-political history, its civil war and more.

Among these books was the folk literature of Sri Lanka from which our versatile writers based their written-stories and poems and had drawn paintings for young-ones. With them my thoughts journeyed to ...

Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won this year’s £50,000 prize for a metaphysical thriller about the horrors of civil war. It’s easy to see why the judges liked it, writes Martin ...

But this is not the same book. As he edited and revised the text for a wider audience unfamiliar with Sri Lankan politics, mythology and folklore, the edits turned to rewrites.

It also comprises traditional Sri Lankan folklore titles, as well as English storybooks, the first of its kind in Sri Lanka,” explained founder Boopathy Kahathuduwa. “We also have our own set of ...