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Ring the bell and use your hands: Lively new Hopper Joint set to get Greville Street jumping again-by Emma Breheny Source:Theage 1 / 9Owners Jason Jones (left) and Brahman Perera at their new restaurant, Hopper Joint. Unlimited hoppers, a large hand-washing station and diners ringing service bells guarantee that dinner at new Sri Lankan venue Hopper Joint in Prahran will be quite unlike eating at other Melbourne restaurants. That’s exactly the aim of owners Brahman Perera and Jason Jones (also behind Entrecote), who are transferring the generosity and rituals of Perera’s family gatherings to a contemporary restaurant setting. “They’re always loud, everyone talking over each other a little tipsy – it’s just fun,” says Perera A hopper set, with an egg hopper (left), curries and sambols.ANNIKA KAFCALOUDIS Perera, an interior designer who grew up in Doncaster with Sri Lankan parents and a south Indian grandmother, has planned the 80-seat restaurant for eight years with partner ...

Mar 20, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Lunuganga: Bawa’s homage to nature- By Sarah Souli   Source:Sundayobserver From the outside, the Colombo house of Geoffrey Bawa, the late Sri Lankan architect and pioneer of tropical modernism, does not command much attention. Bleary-eyed from our long-haul flight, my friend Maia and I nearly walked past the white, cube-shaped building, which is partially obscured by trees. But we were soon warmly greeted by an attendant, who slid open a mahogany door to reveal a garage, complete with Bawa’s 1934 Rolls-Royce. We slipped off our shoes and began speaking in hushed tones: even Bawa’s garage called for a temple-like reverence. No.11, named after its address on Bagatalle Road, is in the gentle Kollupitiya district. It’s open to the public for tours; a two-bedroom suite — Bawa’s guest room — is also available for overnight stays for design devotees like me. ...

Nov 5, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Celebrating 75th Anniversary of Indo-Lanka Diplomatic Relations Inauguration of exhibition Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There Source : dailynews The High Commission of Sri Lanka, the Government of India, the Ministry of Culture in India, and the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi with the Geoffrey Bawa Trust Colombo, presents Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There – the first major exhibition which draws from the archives to look at the Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa’s practice. Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Indo-Lanka Diplomatic Relations, this event celebrates the Cultural Exchange Programme between India and Sri Lanka. Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There – the exhibition will officially Inauguration at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi on March 17 at 3.30 p.m. and will continue for the public till May 7. bawaexhibition.com and ngmaindia.gov.in will provide additional content, previews and announcements on ...

Mar 9, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Barbara Sansoni: Shades of a pioneer-By David Robson Her own style of drawing: The Jaffna Kitchen by Barbara Source:Sundaytimes In April, Barbara Sansoni died at her home in Colombo, a few minutes after her 94th birthday. She was the last surviving member of a pioneering group of creative designers and makers, among them Bevis and Geoffrey Bawa, Ena de Silva and Laki Senanayake, who were born during the final decades of the British colonial period and sprang forth like uncoiled springs after Ceylon regained its independence. She was born in Kandy, the daughter of Rex and Bertha Daniel. Her father was a Government Agent in the Ceylon Civil Service and the family lived in a series of colonial bungalows in different parts of Ceylon. Her mother was a Van Langenberg, the sister of arts impresario Arthur Van Langenberg, and she grew up in that carefree Burgher milieu that Michael Ondaatje ...

May 5, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe awarded MBE Source:Island A University of Buckingham professor, whose theory that comets carry the bacteria of life is now becoming part of mainstream science, has been awarded an MBE for services to science, astronomy and astrobiology. Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe, an honorary professor at the University of Buckingham, is a world-renowned astrophysicist and a pioneer of astrobiology. In the late 1970s, together with the astronomer the late Sir Fred Hoyle, Prof Wickramasinghe proposed the theory that comets carry the seeds of life – bacteria and viruses – and that life is distributed throughout the universe. According to Prof Wickramasinghe, life on earth began with the introduction of bacteria from comets 4,200 million years ago and its subsequent evolution was spurred on with the continuing arrival of new bacteria. ...

Jan 17, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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A stroke of serendipity, Sri Lanka-by Karen Anand Source:Telegraphindia In the 4th century, Sri Lanka was known by its Persian and Arabic name, Serendip. From the 16th century, the Dutch and Portuguese ruled over much of the island and it was colonised by the British and renamed Ceylon from 1796 to 1948 when it became independent and was called Sri Lanka. Serendip is best known to speakers of English through the word ‘serendipity’, invented in the 18th century by the Englishman Horace Walpole on the inspiration of a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes often made discoveries by chance. My recent visit to Serendip was indeed a tropical fairy tale with some serendipitous happenings. This was my second trip to what locals refer to as “the island”. On my first trip a few years ago, we only touched Galle for a day and spent the rest ...

Jan 6, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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A life Less Ordinary, Remembering Laki Senanayake (1937-2021)-by Lahiru Pathmalal Laki hosting some of my friends and I and among us were those who met him for the first time Source:Dailymirror His sculptures and paintings adorned some of the most significant buildings that have been built in the island He lived in a strange place called ‘Diyabubula’ (an oasis that he has created for himself through decades, and what many believe to be his greatest creation) in Dambulla Laki’s other great lesson in life is of course in the realm of his pursuit of happiness. Not as a destination in itself, but rather as a state of being. Perhaps Laki’s greatest quality was his investment in the people around him. With no real ‘effort’ at all, he did what’s best possible to make the lives of others simply better ...

Jun 4, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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