If you look at Sri Lanka on a map, you might think it’s small when you compare it to India sitting pretty nearby. Don’t let ...

S.D.S. Left: Ceylon cinnamon, native to Sri Lanka, can be found throughout Colombo, including at Urban Island, a high-end homewares and clothing shop. Right: most of the items sold at Urban Island ...

Taprobana' was how the Alexandrian geographer, Claudius Ptolemy identified the Island when he drafted his map of Sri Lanka. One of the earliest maps of Sri Lanka, it carried an elaborately ornamented ...