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Rarely you discover Maharashtrian road food on the menus of a wash café. It’s more uncommon to discover conventional Sri Lankan food in Mumbai. The two cooking styles go together like bread and butter however, found culinary expert Dipesh Shinde on his movements to Sri Lanka. “The utilization of fish, flavors and coconut are only not many of the numerous things the two share practically speaking,” he says. This is the thing that enlivened the previous Ishaara culinary...

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W. A. Silva

W. A. Silva (16 January 1890 – 3 May 1957) was a best-selling author of Sinhala literature. Wellawattearachchige Abraham Silva was born in Wellawatte, Colombo. After receiving a formal Sinhala education, he wrote his first novel, “Siriyalatha”, at the age of 16. After studying Sanskrit and Sinhala under Pelane Sri Vajiragnana Thero and reading world literature in his spare time while working as a clerk, Silva wrote...

By 2020-06-30 13:00:06 0 353

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Rukmani Devi

Daisy Rasammah Daniels, populary as Rukmani Devi (15 January 1923 – 28 October 1978) was a Sri Lankan singer and actress, who was often acclaimed as “The Nightingale of Sri Lanka”.She made it to the silver screen via the stage and had acted in close to 100 films, at the time of her death. Having an equal passion for singing as well as a melodious voice, she was Sri Lanka’s foremost female singer in the gramophone era. After her death, she was awarded the...

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W. A. Silva

W. A. Silva (16 January 1890 – 3 May 1957) was a best-selling author of Sinhala literature. Wellawattearachchige Abraham Silva was born in Wellawatte, Colombo. After receiving a formal Sinhala education, he wrote his first novel, “Siriyalatha”, at the age of 16. After studying Sanskrit and Sinhala under Pelane Sri Vajiragnana Thero and reading world literature in his spare time while working as a clerk, Silva wrote...

By 2020-02-04 07:56:45 0 724

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Arjuna Ranatunga

Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga (Sinhalese: à¶…à¶»à·Šà¶¢à·”à¶± à¶»à¶«à¶à·”à¶‚à¶œ; born 1 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri Lanka. Often nicknamed as Captain Cool, he is regarded as the pioneer to lift Sri Lankan cricket from underdog status to one of great forces in cricketing world. After retirement, he worked in many posts of Sri Lanka Cricket administration. Entered his...

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