Sri Lankan textile-led fashion designer Ruwanthi Gajadeera presented an original cyanotype to King Charles III on Wednesday at a garden party marking the 125th anniversary of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship.
The once-unstoppable James Bond franchise finds itself at an unprecedented crossroads. With no new actor, no clear script, and tensions over creative direction, the world’s most famous spy is adrift in a
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Pope Francis has made several key appointments that suggest a shift in the Catholic Church’s power dynamics, particularly concerning women’s roles. These appointments, including the appointment of Raffaella Petrini as the first
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A fresh dispute has erupted over the origins of the ancient bronze statue known as Victorious Youth, currently housed at the Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles, with Italian cultural authorities now
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The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of people, has begun in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, bringing millions of devout Hindus to the confluence of three sacred rivers: the Ganges, Yamuna, and
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by Our Cultural Affairs Editor Somewhat moderate and well-balanced among the Western mainstream media spectrum, which often manipulates narratives to propagate its interests, Financial Times maintains a reputation for quality content. However,
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Editorial Today, as we ‘celebrate’ Christmas, we must ask: what have we truly done to honour the birth of Christ? How has the Divine been reduced to a mere commodity, manipulated and
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Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has made the controversial decision to exclude girls from serving as altar servers in the parishes of his Archdiocese in Sri Lanka. This directive, formalized in
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The Church of England (CofE) finds itself in a period of profound crisis, with internal battles, a growing scandal of abuse, and a continuing decline in attendance threatening its future. Father Alex
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An algorithm, at its core, is a finite set of well-defined instructions or rules designed to perform a task or solve a problem. It is a systematic approach to processing information, often
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What led humans on the unique path of cultural development? And can we do anything useful with newly reconstructed histories of this process? Culture is central to defining humanity. Throughout history, many
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Asian culture, tradition and values have endured the onslaught of history, yet stood steadfast, evidence for the ingrained values of the Buddha, was the common refrain at the 2nd day of the
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Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I write to You with a heavy heart, as Your Church stands at the edge of ruin, betrayed from within by those who should be its stewards. The
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An interview clip with Richard Dawkins on LBC in which the prominent atheist declared himself to be a ‘cultural Christian’ is presently doing the rounds on social media. Expressing dismay at the
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The book entitled “Dawa Halu Kala Noheka” of which the English translation is “Cannot be Burnt to Ashes”, does not speak about burning someone’s material wealth but about indestructible memories, sweet or
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Ever since it was announced that Pran Prathishta (installation of the idol of Lord Ram during the consecration ceremony) in Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya would take place on 22nd January 2024,
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