ABOUT ME
Gayani Jayathilake is a writer by dawn, narrator by day, reader by dusk, and editor by night.
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Sri Lankan Pickle (Sinhala Accharu)
Last year, during the time of the Sinhala New Year, I found myself downright in a pickle kind of a situation. So, I made pickle. Jokes apart, I literally made pickle. This is what happened. The Sri Lankan New Year / the Sinhala Tamil New Year was fast approaching and the usual boasting and gloat… Read more
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Trip to land of leeches–Ilukkumbura, Sri Lanka
So this is one article I dreaded to post. Not because this village was invaded by leeches. But because it is such a beautiful village unknown to many, hidden away amidst the forest and most importantly untouched, that I dread taking part in disposing beautiful untouched scenic villages like this to human polluters. Yes. I… Read more
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A week of Green Gruel – කොළ කැඳ (koḷa kæn̆da)
So we were back in tropical heaven, Sri Lanka, on vacation. Our first week here we were blessed to be able to try out various Kola kenda recipes. Green smoothies, a super healthy and energy boosting drink, enriched with herbs. Sri Lanka has an abundance of these culinary, medicinally valued ingredients. So, I figured I… Read more
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Colourful self hypnosis for the beautiful mind
I paint. I paint my dreams. I paint the way I see the world. I paint the way I want to see the world. Most mornings I wake up wanting to paint a perfect world. But I always manage to paint a teeny weeny part of it. Actually a minuscule part of “teeny weeny”… Read more
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Recollection of day two in Polonnaruwa
So, here’s the rest of my Polonnaruwa trip. (Which apparently took months to publish.) So after the first few day’s in and around a few places in Polonnaruwa we were hoping we would have more luck with the weather. We started our day with perfect Sri Lankan Black Tea. Next we had ourselves a hearty… Read more
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Veralu and Ambarella Accharu
So, we are back in Sri Lanka for a holiday and most of the trees in my mother-in-law’s house are thriving with fruit. Not to mention an abundance of Ambarella, copious Ceylon Olives (Veralu) that keep falling onto the roof and keep waking me up in the night (bah!),Pera (Guava), big voluptuous kind of citrus (Jam bola)… Read more
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