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Observing the Poll in Sri Lanka's Paddy-lands
catherine mcguire - cmcguire [115]
The mosquito nets - plastic-wrapped hoops of candy-pink - hanging outside the general stores on the journey into Eastern Province - were the first sign we had entered the paddy-lands of Ampara. Vast,...
Destinations:
Sri Lanka |
Colombo
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20th Century History
Sri Lanka's "Kilburn Imperial" tea
Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]
* * * Inspired by a French perfumer and egged on by an English aficionado, a Sri Lankan master tea maker has revived a centuries-old Chinese tradition to make a brew that few but an emperor could...
Destinations:
Sri Lanka |
Colombo
Topics:
Food
Between Realism and Schmaltz: Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost.
Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]
In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it anymore. --Ernest Hemingway These prophetic words of Hemingway's could have formed the epigraph of Michael Ondaatje's most recent novel,...
