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Observing the Poll in Sri Lanka's Paddy-lands

catherine mcguire - cmcguire [115]

The mosquito nets - plastic-wrapped hoops of candy-pink - hanging outside the general stores on the journey into Eastern Province - were the first sign we had entered the paddy-lands of Ampara. Vast,...

Destinations: Sri Lanka | Colombo
Topics: 20th Century History
Sri Lankan master tea maker Malinga Herman Gunaratne (L) shows his exotic 'Kilburn Imperial' tea at his Handuugoda tea plantation in southern Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's "Kilburn Imperial" tea

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,031]

* * * Inspired by a French perfumer and egged on by an English aficionado, a Sri Lankan master tea maker has revived a centuries-old Chinese tradition to make a brew that few but an emperor could...

Destinations: Sri Lanka | Colombo
Topics: Food

Between Realism and Schmaltz: Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost.

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it anymore. --Ernest Hemingway These prophetic words of Hemingway's could have formed the epigraph of Michael Ondaatje's most recent novel,...

Destinations: Sri Lanka | Colombo
Topics: Literature
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