The Mandela Tonic
BY M.V. Muhsin Bishop Desmond Tutu the trusted friend and spiritual soul mate of Nelson Mandela was...
The Charm and Character of the Bradby
This is Bradby Week in Colombo. It’s a spiritual moment for all Trinitians and Royalists, and even for many a rugby fan of other...
The love life of Kumar Sangakkara
A more determined romantic is hard to find. He totally immerses himself in his mission. And his vision compels him to win any prize he sets...
Bradby Recollections: The poetry that was ‘The Sahayam Special’
We called them “Sahayam Specials”. In the storied history of Bradby Shield encounters,...
When Bradby’s last charges go thundering
A herd of humanity was hurtling down Independence Drive the main street of Lusaka. They were yelling in unison ‘Kavolala, Kavolala’...
Indrajit Coomaraswamy: Classy sportsman, super banker
A Google search, or even the Guinness Book, will not yield anyone who has the twin attributes of having captained both his...
Of waists, hips, coffee and grunts!
Now that all the eating and drinking is over and you’ve made your New Year resolutions, it’s...
Of waists, hips, coffee and grunts!
Now that all the eating and drinking is over and you’ve made your New Year resolutions, it’s good to read on! Waists and hips Before...
Of life after debt; traps and wisdom
Time was when Ceylon had no debt. And the ‘$hylocks’ of that world had little interest in affluent Ceylon to capture pounds of flesh. But times and tides have changed. As Shakespeare’s Polonius had advised his son Neither a borrower nor a lender is; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and …
Of Tweets, Trumpets & Triumphs
The last time I checked, the Twitter Meter showed 650 million tweets had been sent out worldwide within the last 24 hours – some 7000 tweets per second. Now if I was writing the above sentence on Twitter, I would have reached exactly the max of 140 characters allowed – with spaces and punctuations …
