“Glorious, blessed land” is the Sanskrit name of a little slice of Paradise on Earth - formerly known as the island of Ceylon ...

The U.S. has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The question, though, is whether this is important ...

The country's Energy Minister reportedly blamed the power cut on an intruding monkey, claiming the animal came into "contact ...

A discovery in Bendigo unveils personal stories of Australian soldiers in Lemnos and Imbros, highlighting the deep ties ...

On the 77th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule, following foreign domination of some four and a half ...

Watford Observer local history columnist Lesley Dunlop looks back at the links between Corran School in Watford and the Moberly-Jourdain incident.

To grow oranges for profit and pleasure, was one of my prewar ambitions. And in the course of learning the business I met, at different times and places, some exceptional persons including Mustapha ...

Rajan Philips Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre ...

Soon after the gentle people of the Maidive Islands abolished their centuries-old sultanate and elected Amin Didi their first President ... 90,000) southwest of Ceylon. But the President did ...

A sacred city in Sri Lanka holds an ancient carving believed to be the world's oldest map or an ancient stargate revealing the secrets of the Universe. Sakwala Chakraya is an ancient carving ...

the first, by the same author, having been reviewed in NATURE of February 3, 1940, p. 164. The Fauna of British India: including Ceylon and Burma (Published under the patronage of the Secretary of ...