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# Where to go and what to read
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/where-to-go-and-what-to-read-2/
- Published: 2025-10-03T08:13:10.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-04T07:46:26.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: maintag-Diary, Diary

This evening, see [Chalith Kalupahana](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPRLbZ8DwT-/?igsh=ZXV0ZDRoajdzYnhs&ref=examiner.media)’s surrealism at the Wendt. [Kolam Jaffna](https://www.instagram.com/p/DPGCiJJCcn1/?igsh=M3g1c3gxcDNnaTlp&ref=examiner.media)’s exhibition also opens today at Barefoot. 

On Saturday, take your kids for [storytelling](https://www.britishcouncil.lk/library/events/colombo-storytelling?ref=examiner.media) at the British Council. Then contort yourself into a pretzel at a Germanically serious oonce-oonce techno party, courtesy not so [Secret Events](https://www.instagram.com/p/DOpuGSaE6w2/?igsh=MWpwbHdteTFtMnU1NQ==&ref=examiner.media). 

Sunday brings [chess by the sea](https://www.instagram.com/p/DPNonS6Eipn/?igsh=MXVnNHU1aXg2Z3c0dQ%3D%3D&ref=examiner.media) at the Galle Face, our answer to Havana’s malecón. And a [history walk](https://www.instagram.com/p/DPOSizcEqzX/?igsh=MTZoeDI2NWcxdWNpdQ%3D%3D&ref=examiner.media) for children at Victoria Park. 

Tuesday has a [talk on the sea-bed](https://lki.lk/admirals-morning-october-schedule/?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com) at the Kadirgamar Institute. Dissect [customs digitisation](https://www.instagram.com/p/DPNoTj2j1Oe/?igsh=MXdmbnJmbTI5Ymh3dg%3D%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDPNoTj2j1Oe%2F%3Figsh%3DMXdmbnJmbTI5Ymh3dg%3D%3D&ref=examiner.media) on Thursday at the Ceylon Chamber. At night, go for the opening night of Feroze Kamardeen’s comedy [Freddy](https://www.instagram.com/p/DPJVwM7ivTd/?igsh=MXFmaHd0MG5ucDlycA==&ref=examiner.media) at the Wendt. 

Next week, we also have [kickboxing](https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRY01uDA7%5F/?igsh=MTd0dnFmdWlhNHh4Mg==&ref=examiner.media) at Cinnamon Life, a [backyard acoustic session](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO%5FZ9WGCELI/?igsh=cnpkYTBmbmF5eGtz&ref=examiner.media) at the 80 Club, [thread cartography ](https://geoffreybawa.myshopify.com/products/workshop-mapping-with-thread-with-shenuka-corea?%5Fkx=akMZ%5FDNxzjJ4md6agzb3R6ZUc9A2Wcb1h9VnBHabdTE.WZFqbH&ref=examiner.media) at the Bawa Trust and a [stock market quiz](https://web.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1125897169679010&id=100067762122445&set=a.579888350946564&utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com&%5Frdc=1&%5Frdr#). 

PS the Bawa Trust’s [design shop](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-4HpYv9zbFqgkl-3V4NY2BewAcU0OaHD/view?usp=sharing&ref=examiner.media) also opens its doors for the first time on Saturday. 

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**What to read**

[Andrew Fidel](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/women-s-world-cup-chamari-athapaththu-alone-at-the-top-as-she-carries-sri-lanka-above-her-1504912?ref=examiner.media) makes the case for why “there's never quite been a player like Chamari Athapaththu for Sri Lanka.” The venerable [American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies](https://www.aisls.org/guide-to-digital-libraries-on-sri-lanka/?ref=examiner.media) just published a guide to Sri Lanka’s digital libraries. [Rooted Magazine](https://rooted-magazine.org/2025/09/05/in-sri-lanka-seed-diversity-is-resilience-an-interview-with-anuka-desilva-and-hemantha-withanage/?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com) interviews Lankan seed warriors and [Jayawardenapura University](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract%5Fid=5548602&ref=examiner.media) researchers discover that Mannar microplastics are at moderate contamination levels. The President’s Japan visit [joint-statement](https://mfa.gov.lk/en/japan-sri-lanka-joint-statement-tokyo-29-september-2025/?ref=examiner.media) sadly didn’t bring tidings of a LRT restart. 

Budget season is upon us. The [Ceylon Chamber](https://www.chamber.lk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Macroeconomic%5FRecommendations%5Ffor%5Fthe%5FNational%5FBudget%5F2026%5Fby%5Fthe%5FCeylon.pdf?ref=examiner.media)’s wish list is comprehensive and thoughtful. You can also read their comments on the draft public-private partnership bill [here](https://www.chamber.lk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Ceylon%5FChamber%5FSubmission%5Fon%5FDraft%5FPPP%5FBill%5F22Sept.pdf?utm%5Fcampaign=linkinbio&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fsource=later-linkinbio&fbclid=PARlRTSANLC7NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp7WQTj7%5FWTdZR-1AvJM0l527WU7nyRg-mMYGqfkQXcBoHO3yzjcB1SMhEgkd%5Faem%5FUzZKMPP7bIJ9rMbKm1gTZg). An [IMF](https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/TAR/2025/English/tarea2025085-source-pdf.ashx?ref=examiner.media) report, at page nineteen, shows just how fancifully over-optimistic Treasury estimates have been in the past. The [US State Department](https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-investment-climate-statements/sri-lanka?ref=examiner.media)’s investment climate report complains that our “regulatory environment suffers from unpredictability, outdated rules, and excessive bureaucratic discretion.” [Shiran Illanperuma](https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/19/sri-lankas-2021-2024-austerity-is-one-of-the-most-severe-in-history/?ref=examiner.media) quotes a recent study estimating 1,489 doctors emigrated between 2022 and 2024\. The [Central Bank](https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/sites/default/files/cbslweb%5Fdocuments/statistics/real%5Festate%5Fmarket%5Fanalysis%5F2025%5Fq2.pdf?ref=examiner.media)’s condo market analysis is out: only a fifth of condos are purchased with loans. The rest are bought with cash.