Playing with culture ignoring godly values can be dangerous. But are we even aware that we are doing this?
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‘get out of hxxx’ card…
When you are the target of shame it is like an invisible paint, or a corrosive substance thrown at you which makes you melt away to oblivion. It touches your very core, and you cannot pinpoint or shake it off.
the nobility of love and loyalty
When your Whatsapp is jammed with news of a Sinhala film coming to your local cinema in London, I did what any curious Lankan would do. ‘Buckets of popcorn on our laps, a childhood friend and I settled for a visual feast. ‘Gaadi: Children of the Sun’ was a beautifully shot film with cinematography whichContinue reading “the nobility of love and loyalty”
the chicken coop
Having confessed in my last blog that I am not a film buff, I surprise myself as I sit down to scribble my thoughts on another. The White Tiger, a 2021 film adapted from the book by Aravind Adiga is not for the faint hearted or something you could watch twice if you have evenContinue reading “the chicken coop”
a divided kingdom
A real life love story that supersedes even the greatest Shakespearan drama or modern-day Hollywood concoction of romance. Steeped in political drama across continents in the hay day of post-war colonialism….
paper lanterns
When the ‘A bomb’ fell on Hiroshima at 8.15 on 6 August 1945, Shigeaki Mori was just eight years old.
guess who’s coming to dinner?
Whatever the Spirit reveals to you, I sense that Jesus was challenging the accepted cultural norms.
a medieval english abbess and a pandemic
Once the largest building in Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga’s now stands small compared to the Gherkin and other skyscrapers in the financial centre of London. However small in size, the longevity of its legacy and the global reach of its work cannot be matched to the value of all the hedge funds and million-dollar deals that occur in its vicinity.
intercultural musings 