Artemis II has flown off to space – the Examiner, too, is flying off on vacation. Diary covers the whole fortnight to sustain our readers while we’re beached. Feeling adventurous? Fly the coop and escape Colombo’s furnace with Border Adventures or Extreme Adventures.
Or enjoy Colombo at its best, when the madding crowd have departed, and indulge yourself in Once Upon a Time at Saskia’s gallery or Nocturne at the not-so-Radicle.
This evening, a bookish quiz night for your bookworm friend. Saturday brings a summer camp classic – but French. Also a celestial memory walk.
Neelira, set in Jaffna during the IPKF’s sojourn, somehow slipped past the censor board and screens at PVR. India Today calls it “quietly devastating”. Here are the Indian Express and Galataplus reviews.
The city blooms again the weekend after the new year, with Tree of Life opening at Barefoot and a little-cared-for walkthrough at Saskia. The cat-and-mouse psycho-thriller, Welikathara, screens at Scope. On Saturday, Kelir for those that jam in Tamil. Or cosplay a Jane Austen character at a reading picnic. Sunday is for tabletop games.
Dharshana makes charcoal grey look colourful at Paradise Road Gallery. A French feminist film follows the friendship of two women. Or if you prefer that your women characters be more than friends, a queer reading club.
What to read
Himal studies Sri Lankan education reforms, and South Asia’s media freedom crisis. They ought to know something about it. They’ve got first hand experience.
Violence leaves a lasting footprint and our war is not an exception, argues The Hindu. Nishan de Mel says we need a development plan, not just a tale of recovery.
Last but not least, mapping Sri Lanka’s place in the world is the very first volume of Lanka Dispatch.
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