Word: lankan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dogged Bawa throughout his career. When, in 1986, a retrospective of his work was organized at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London - the first large-scale Bawa exhibit outside Sri Lanka - the only real attention given was a snarky article in Building Design by London-based Sri Lankan architect Shanti Jayawardene, slamming Bawa as an élitist from a privileged background who catered only to the rich...
...Bawa's impact on Asian architects - Sri Lankan Milroy Perera, Singaporean Mok Wei Wei and many others documented by Robson - is certainly plain to see. All have adapted the basic regionalist Bawa style, which Bawa only loosely outlined. First, he wrote in a 1968 article, "a building must, at the very least, satisfy the needs that gave it birth, both physical and spiritual." Second, it "must be in accord and in sympathy with the ambience [of its setting]." And "there must be a knowledgeable and true use of the materials with which you build...
...guess I was lucky.' MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN, Sri Lankan spin bowler, on bowling out English batsman Paul Collingwood. The feat took place during a match in Muralitharan's hometown of Kandy, making the bowler the greatest wicket taker in Test cricket, with Collingwood his 709th victim
Using a strategy that has worked well for Sri Lankan producers like Dilmah, Indian firms are taking their teas straight to consumers by marketing directly online. Assam Co. also opened the popular Camellia chain in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) this year, and Soongachi Industries has launched Infinitea, a hip, upmarket tea bar in Bangalore that sells more than 70 brews. Soongachi's Rishi Saria, 30, gave up a software-engineering job in Bangalore to return to Darjeeling and take on marketing for the family company. His cousin Gaurav Saria now heads Infinitea. "Our generation is focusing on improving our quality, product...
...LTTE were meeting - makes the possibility of a negotiated political end to the country's brutal civil war much less likely. Tamilselvan was the head of the LTTE's political wing and the international face of the group. He had been involved in negotiations with the previous Sri Lankan government along with the LTTE's then chief negotiator Anton Balasingham. When Balasingham fell ill and later died, Tamilselvan took over as head of the LTTE team and met with representatives of the current government in Geneva last year. His death means the LTTE has lost both of its main negotiators...