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Fantasy bus
Western fantasy theme vehicle graphics are rare in Sri Lanka. The image below shows the only one I have ever seen. It would seem that Anura Advertising (the most frequent credit seen on bus art work i… more →
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Pakistani Art at the Asia Society NYC: Faiza Butt's Get Out of my Dreams II
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nandininessa wrote 2 months ago: gender blendin' sugar daddies Says the Lahore-born, London dweller, Faiza Butt: “The inspi … more →
Interns Interns Interns
phillygrrl wrote 2 months ago: My favorite new South Asian art gallery in Philadelphia (ah heck, who am I kidding, the only South A … more →
Rare powerful Sri Lankan sculpture
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cerno wrote 9 months ago: Image below shows (with close up details) of a rare powerful piece of non religious public sculpture … more →
Sly trishaw graphics
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cerno wrote 9 months ago: One rare alignments of the planets I spot a gem on 3 wheel AND I have a camera ready. The image belo … more →
Hello gorgeous!
cerno wrote 10 months ago: I was alone behind the wheel and there you were irresistibly in front of me. What to do but reach fo … more →
Sri Lanka's funniest commercial graphic design contest 2008
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cerno wrote 1 year ago: Nominations for the most hilarious piece of graphic design in Sri Lanka 2008 are now open. If you sp … more →
Rest House food Sri Lanka
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cerno wrote 1 year ago: Underrated, unappreciated, unexpectedly delicious and affordable – even in these inflationary … more →
Ridi Vihare - Silver Temple Sri Lanka
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cerno wrote 1 year ago: Ridi Vihare -”Silver Temple” in Sinhala – is a historic cave temple on the road to … more →
Bob Marley taxi Colombo Sri Lanka
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cerno wrote 1 year ago: Vehicle graphics in Sri Lanka are a buffet of cross cultural symbolism. Yet I doubt if the symbols a … more →
Vehicle Graphics Sri Lanka: Truck art - dry zone
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cerno wrote 2 years ago: The fertile area around Dambulla and Sigiriya in Sri Lanka’s dry zone is the country’s l … more →
Sigiriya
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cerno wrote 2 years ago: We get to the ticket office where the guides waiting for a hire tell us that 2 additional entrances … more →
Hikkaduwa School of Design
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cerno wrote 2 years ago: As a kid I’ve taken signage the along the tourist strip of Sri Lanka’s south west coast … more →
Amrita Shergil's Lahore
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Raza Rumi wrote 2 years ago: Khalid Hasan writing for the Friday Times: “Amrita Sher-Gil is one with the earth of Lahore. I … more →
More on M F Husain - the great artist
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Raza Rumi wrote 2 years ago: I wrote about M F Husain’s persecution at the hands of extremists here. Parvaiz Alvi sent me i … more →
Indus Valley Civilisation - another discovery
Raza Rumi wrote 2 years ago: There is more to the Indus valley civilization than we think. “The discovery of rare objects d … more →
Sri Lankan English: Fascinating book I actually read
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cerno wrote 2 years ago: The Post-colonial Identity of Sri Lankan English by Dr. Manique Gunesekara is a highly readable book … more →
M F Husain's woes
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Raza Rumi wrote 2 years ago: M.F. Husain, India’s best known painter is under threat from the guardians of public and natio … more →
Threatened Ancient Buddhist Stone Carvings
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Raza Rumi wrote 2 years ago: Some 35,000 petroglyphs located in Pakistan’s Indus River area will soon be flooded by a giant … more →
The Clay Bird
Raza Rumi wrote 2 years ago: A moving tale of a young boy and his family trapped in the circumstances of rural Bangladesh and the … more →
