There is an informal way of referring to different elephants in Sri Lankan village culture based on the presence or absence of tusks as follows. Etha - Tusker (male) Aliya - Male without tusks Pussa - ...

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand have bestowed an honour upon Don Upul Jayarathna Denelpitiyage, a Sri Lankan mahout, in recognition of his unyielding care for the recuperating Thai ...

As they reached near Athaliamman temple, they spotted the tusker nicknamed ‘Chilli Komban’ on the road. Junior Engineer V. Vishwanathan, who was at the wheel, attempted to reverse the vehicle.

A Ugandan man with a sticker on his face in the annual gay pride in Entebbe, Uganda against the tough new anti-gay laws recently introduced in Uganda. Source: AFP / ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty ...