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By Ama H.Vanniarachchy (This article was originally published in Ceylon Today Newspaper on Feb 20, 2021) The stupa restoration work at Mihintale gave rise to many discussions about the country’s heritage and archaeology. It was clear that many have misconceptions about the country’s cultural heritage and it was sort of a shocking revelation to know … Continue reading Giving Life to a Lost Legacy-Part II →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy (This article was published in Ceylon Today Newspaper on Feb 13, 2021) The Sri Lankan heritage sector popularly known as Archaeology is filled with controversial incidents these days. One after the other, there is news going viral about certain archaeological work taking place all over the country. After the controversy at Mullaitivu … Continue reading Giving Life to a Lost Legacy →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy Last week, in our article about vegan food in Sri Lanka we presented to you a list of breakfast recipes that are purely vegan. Today we will take a look at vegan lunches and dinners that are commonly eaten in Sri Lanka. These recipes are delicious and nutritious and need some careful … Continue reading Vegan Lunches and Dinners in Sri Lanka →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy Vegan food recipes are known to be expensive, difficult to prepare, and rare to find, in today’s urban food market. Vegan food has become a trend. However, this trend has separated Vegan food from the ideology of Veganism. This is the very reason that vegan food is labeled to be expensive as … Continue reading Vegan breakfasts in Sri Lanka →
By Ama H. Vanniarachchy “People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices” Gary L. Francione Vegan food has become a trend in today’s world. Vegan food is food that is prepared by avoiding the use of animal products and is purely based on a plant-based diet. Vegan food avoids dairy … Continue reading Being Vegan in Sri Lanka →
Meet Lilith and Kuweni; the ‘wronged’ women By Ama H.Vanniarachchy At present we live in a patriarchal society. Our norms, ethics, customs, and our culture as a whole, are generally based on patriarchal ideologies. Our social, economic, and political systems are based on patriarchal ideologies. But there are some societies that are matriarchal. Anthropologists and … Continue reading Goddess or Demoness? →
ගාලුමුවදොර පිටියේ සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වෙනත් තැන්වල ඇති ‘අරගලය’ පිළිබඳ සංස්කෘතික මානව විද්‍යාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක්. අමා එච් වන්නිආරච්චි විසිනි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දැන් සිදුවෙමින් පවතින මහජන විරෝධතා නොහොත් අරගලය බොහෝ ආකාරවලින් ඇස් ඇරවන්නකි. සංස්කෘතික මානව විද්‍යාත්මක සහ සමාජ විද්‍යාත්මක දෘෂ්ටිකෝණයකින් මෙම විරෝධතා සමීපව අධ්‍යයනය කිරීමේදී සිදු කළ යුතු රසවත් සාකච්ඡා සහ නිරීක්ෂණ බොහෝය. පීඩිත සහ කෝපයට පත් … Continue reading ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උද්ගතව ඇති ජාතික සහ සංස්කෘතික අනන්‍යතා අර්බුදය. →
A Cultural Anthropological Perspective of the ‘Aragalaya’ at Galleface and elsewhere in Sri Lanka By Ama H.Vanniarachchy The public protests that are happening now in Sri Lanka, are an eyeopener in many ways. From a cultural anthropological and sociological perspective, there are so many interesting discussions and observations to make while closely studying these protests. … Continue reading Sri Lanka’s National Identity Crisis →
Truth Shrouded in Myth By Ama H. Vanniarachchy “A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.” – Annie Besant History is full of mysteries. We construct the past using the available material … Continue reading The Story of the Sinhala Race →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy The history of this little island, which we call our motherland, is filled with stories of great warriors, and great battles. Throughout our long history, there are countless tales of warriors who fought fearless battles against invaders who disturbed the peace and sovereignty of the Sinhala kingdom. Some of these warriors are … Continue reading Vijayabahu III of Dambadeniya; a breath of fresh air to a dying civilization. →