The Ceylon Traveller – Nagadeepa

Originally published on The Sunday Leader on 19/02/2012 (http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/19/the-ceylon-traveller-nagadeepa/) For the longest time, “Nagadeepa” was a word that came up in school textbooks, whether it was History, Social Studies or Buddhism. It was yet another place that could not be visited due to the war but made more special by the mythical aura surrounding it…

Stigmata’s ‘Psalms of Conscious Martyrdom’ – A Decade of Martyrdom has Paid Off

originally published in The Nation "Here, did you know Stigmata’s new album is coming out this week?" The question came from a friend’s mother a few days before the launch of Stigmata’ third studio effort, ‘Psalms of Conscious Martyrdom’. A few years ago I couldn’t have imagined a scenario where a parental figure would come…