Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

People celebrate the traditional Sinhala and Tamil new year in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 8, 2018. (Xinhua/Ajith Perera) ...

I wanted to recapture innocent joy by recollecting how Easter was commemorated and the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrated. My sibling and I were fortunate in having a mother who insisted on ...