Professor J.B. Disanayaka is well known for his innovative creations. His latest book is no exception. The ‘Encyclopaedia of Sinhala Language and Culture’, he himself says is of “an unusual kind”. JB ...

It was a long-lost love that he has been able to rekindle, which has now taken the form of a book…and it is no ordinary book but one that has dived deep into the past to place under scrutiny numerous ...

For centuries, Sri Lanka’s biological knowledge travelled the world — anonymously. Embedded deep within the pages of European natural history books, Sinhala words were copied, distorted and repurposed ...