Behind the Colours: How Stage Makeup Reflects Life, Identity, and the World Beyond the Spotlight.
In the dim stillness of the backstage mirror, long before the curtains rise, an actor lifts a brush to the skin and begins a transformation. This act, quiet, intimate, and profoundly ritualistic, is older than theatre itself. Stage makeup, often misunderstood as a mere cosmetic enhancement, is in fact a language: a textured, pigmented vocabulary that reveals inner truths, conceals private fractures, and mirrors the shifting masks we all wear in l
The Mirage of Overseas Education: A Call to Build the Motherland
Every year, thousands of young Sri Lankans board planes with trembling hands and hopeful eyes, clutching dreams wrapped in acceptance letters from foreign universities. The glittering promise of overseas education, the world-class degrees, the prestige, the supposed “better life” gleams like gold in their imaginations.
Haunted Classrooms and Pumpkin Dreams: How Halloween Builds Character and Creativity
As the autumn winds whisper through Colombo and the scent of pumpkin spice drifts through the air, something magical happens at a certain creative learning space, where costumes, stories, and language come alive.
Strings of Imagination: How Puppetry Speaks to Every Child
In a beautiful EYFS preschool, sunlight streamed through the bright curtains, illuminating a corner where laughter and curiosity met creativity.
The Long Wait Degrees, Departures, and the Drama of Becoming
The fluorescent hum of the classroom fades into the dusk of another long evening. A teacher closes her laptop, her lesson plans marked and her students’ laughter lingering like a distant echo. On her desk lies a
The Rehearsal of Life Where Boundaries Build Character
In an age of glittering screens, instant gratification, and rapid change, the word discipline often feels like a relic of the past, something old-fashioned, almost restrictive. Yet, when we peel back the layers of success, resilience, and respect in any thriving society, one truth remains: discipline is the root that nourishes it all.
THE WINGS OF THE STAGE: WHERE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN WAIT TO SPEAK
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare declared, yet in every play there are characters who never speak, who wait in the shadows of the wings, whose presence is felt but rarely acknowledged. In Sri Lanka’s education system, too, there are such figures; children whose voices are muted, whose talents are overlooked, whose potential remains in waiting. This is their story.
