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# Where to go and what to read
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/where-to-go-and-what-to-read-33/
- Published: 2026-05-29T05:02:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-29T05:02:09.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: Diary, maintag-Diary, Week-20-2026

Today, in time for Vesak, Jayadeva Uyangoda [launches](https://www.facebook.com/events/1315804217168784/?acontext=%7B%22event%5Faction%5Fhistory%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery%5Flocal%5Ftab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref%5Fnotif%5Ftype%22%3Anull%7D) his text on the “realist, philosophical, and social emancipatory orientations” of Martin Wickremesinghe’s Buddha book. Or head to Playtrix’s [ladies night](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYyzrlUjLvP/?igsh=dWI1OWozZDl5a3Fp&ref=examiner.media) for the social emancipation of Magic Box Mixup and a bottle. 

Choose between Mumbai’s city lamps, with a [screening](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYwv4dGD9J7/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==) of *All We Imagine as Light,* or Colombo’s Vesak lanterns with a walk down [Baudhaloka Mawatha](https://www.media.gov.lk/media-gallery/latest-news/3594-bauddhaloka-vesak-zone-from-may-30th-to-june-1st?ref=examiner.media). You’ll probably botch it, so get someone else to [teach](https://www.instagram.com/p/DY0DtZ1N1j6/?ref=examiner.media) your kids how to make the lanterns. Also, this Sunday another artist [walk-through](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYjxcIeN4hT/?ref=examiner.media) at Radicle, with Anoma Wijewardene. 

Spend your week [watching](https://www.instagram.com/p/DY0%5FhrJEtLw/?img%5Findex=1&ref=examiner.media) *Under the Mango Tree* or avenging your past losses at Isle Amore’s Marvel [quiz night](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYo5xLjjBgJ/?ref=examiner.media). 

Slow start, we know, but next week already seems more promising. A Milton Mallawarachchi legacy [concert](https://www.facebook.com/events/1933241213972350/?acontext=%7B%22event%5Faction%5Fhistory%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery%5Flocal%5Ftab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref%5Fnotif%5Ftype%22%3Anull%7D) and, not to be outdone, the [symphony orchestra](https://www.instagram.com/p/DX%5FNs3dCD82/?ref=examiner.media) brings you Sri Lankan pop music.

A reminder that Mimi is scooting over to [New York](https://www.eventbrite.com/events/1990219067807/dashboard/?eid=1990219067807&ref=examiner.media), [DC](https://www.eventbrite.com/events/1990218688673/dashboard/?eid=1990218688673&ref=examiner.media), [Toronto](https://www.eventbrite.com/events/1990176726162/dashboard/?eid=1990176726162&ref=examiner.media), and [Boston](https://www.eventbrite.com/events/1990219591373/dashboard/?eid=1990219591373&ref=examiner.media). Save her the embarrassment of speaking to an empty room — send the flyers to your friends. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/56/2b/562b4f8e-9dd1-43bb-a213-bc1615650661/content/images/2026/05/data-src-image-aba5b316-c730-4a6e-899e-bcdfab63f451.png)

*What to read*

What Colombo doesn’t have to offer in events, it has bestowed on you in readings. Disaster Management [releases](https://www.dmc.gov.lk/images/pdfs/PDNA%5FExecutive%20Summary%5FFinal%5FPublished%5Fon%5F%2021%5FMay.pdf?ref=examiner.media) their needs assessment, Thilina Panduwawala [writes](https://www.macrocolombo.com/p/open-market-operations-fx-purchases?utm%5Fsource=substack&publication%5Fid=1189898&post%5Fid=198739668&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcontent=share&utm%5Fcampaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1gatt&triedRedirect=true) about money printing and liquidity, and IPS [scolds](https://www.ips.lk/understanding-the-influence-of-traffic-light-labelling-and-pricing-on-the-demand-for-sugar-sweetened-beverages-in-sri-lanka/?ref=examiner.media) you for your sugary tea. 

Roshni Kapur [reviews](https://polity.lk/shattered-lands-five-partitions-and-the-making-of-modern-asia/?ref=examiner.media) junior Dalrymple’s new book. Two exciting new magazine issues: [Rooted](https://rootedsrilanka.com/?ref=examiner.media) for food, [North Eastern](https://northeastmag.com/?utm%5Fsource=ig&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcontent=link%5Fin%5Fbio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGn612VL0bYCG6oZvV5TAWVpITDsrRWSwCRnIthYGj-eBhe32q81EuSZ04ntnY%5Faem%5FkLVZM-rgM7FQiC4qmUdIsw) for decidedly not food. 

Tisaranee [doesn’t](https://groundviews.org/2026/05/24/the-shame-of-a-nation/?ref=examiner.media) mince words on the monk. Amnesty [reports](https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA37/1011/2026/en/?ref=examiner.media) on forced labour in tea estates.

Following in the long tradition of journalists rejoicing at a free meal, the BBC writes an [ode](https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260526-dansal-sri-lankas-roadside-ritual-of-generosity?ref=examiner.media) to Dansals. In other unsurprising takes, [manufacturers](https://www.ft.lk/business/18-penalty-for-being-Sri-Lankan/34-792354?ref=examiner.media) don’t like taxes. Speaking of taxes, Factum has an [analysis](https://factum.lk/health-and-economic-cooperation/factum-perspectives-sri-lankas-tax-reform-landscape-2026-a-critical-assessment/?ref=examiner.media). 

Finally, Condé Nast, with new ways on [how to spend what you don’t have](https://www.cntravellerme.com/story/20-new-openings-in-sri-lanka-everyone-will-be-talking-about-this-year?ref=examiner.media).