Week-12-2025

Thomas Mann’s books are often doorstoppers. But fast-forward to the action this evening, with a film adaptation of Death in Venice. Meanwhile the French have apparently replaced replaced sleighs with scooters, in this Christmas

By clothing the presidency in such overmighty power, J.R.'s constitution magnified folly into catastrophe. Black July, the referendum that made a mockery of democracy, Indian intervention, all the way to Gota’s disastrous economic collapse — all bore the imprint of unchecked authority.

Claiming an article in the Sinhala daily Aruna was ‘fake news’, the government filed a CID complaint. The move comes as the government is pushing for a ‘co-regulatory’ model to supervise the press. Meanwhile, The Examiner investigated Wijepala’s claims, finding a gap between policy and reality.

This evening, learn how to design a museum at The Bawa Space or why the sathyagrahas failed at ICES. More on communal strife at Lakmahal. Earlier in the day, artists jaw-jaw with philosophers. Sumithra Peiris’