What might Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy of British India, have to do with the popularity of filmi music? Quite a bit, it turns out. During the Second World War, Mountbatten, then supreme Allied ...

Over the past few weeks, Sunday Sounds has been exploring the ways in which the South Asian musical diaspora has made sense of its immigrant experience. We continue in that vein this week by talking ...

Sri Lanka is celebrating the Centenary year of its radio service this year. It was indeed a momentous event when the Sri Lankan radio service, Radio Ceylon, was launched on December 16, 1925, making ...

Politics are normally wild in Ceylon. Last week they were even wilder than usual. The world’s only woman head of government, Mrs. Solomen West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, who has ruled Ceylon since ...

In the remote, jungled landscapes of India and in the alleyways of cities of Ceylon, music can be heard. To most occidental ears such music sounds queer and ugly, as the Philadelphia Symphony ...

The upcoming film Ceylon Cinema promises to be a real treat for all Mohammad Rafi fans. Shedding more light about the film’s storyline, director M Vineesh says, “This is a film that will bring back ...