Category: Unseen Canvases
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” The Man Who Hijacked a Plane for a Hug: The True Story of Sepala Ekanayake”
In 1982, Sepala Ekanayake committed the unthinkable: hijacking an Alitalia Boeing 747 with 300 passengers to reunite with his son. While often romanticized as an act of paternal love, his gamble triggered a global legal crisis that forced Sri Lanka to rewrite its laws. Discover the true story of the “Sky Pirate” who held the…
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The modern legacy of the Sri Lankan Railway (Part 2)
Discover the soul of the Sri Lankan railway in 2026. From the legendary ‘Menike’ queens to the rugged Canadian Class M2, we explore a system of ‘Silk and Steel’—a colonial legacy transformed into a vital, breathtaking, and complex modern lifeline
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The Iron Veins of Empire: The Rise and Transformation of the Ceylon Railway (Part1)
A deep dive into how the British built the Ceylon Railway for extraction, destroying forests and forcing labor, only for it to become the thread of Sri Lanka’s cultural identity and a living museum of Victorian engineering.
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Men – The Heartless Morons
Traditional masculinity is a cold fortress designed for war. In South Asia, men are raised on a diet of steel—taught to suppress grief and armor their hearts. But true strength lies in vulnerability.
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The Living Cemetery: Why Airports Are the Saddest Places on Earth
Airports are theaters of cruelty, forcing brutal goodbyes at the security line. They are living cemeteries where grief is suspended, yet the emotional cost of connection is physically apparent.
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Metrosexuality Beyond the Deodorant Aisle
The definition of metrosexuality is surprisingly shallow. This critique argues that true self-investment requires as much effort in the intellectual gym as in the physical one
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The Beauty of Decay
Wars, austerity measures, revolutions… none of them can change the eternal transaction of the leaves. A philosophical contrast between the perfect order of nature and the chaos of human life.
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How powerful is a Tea Shop?
No tea shop can launch a missile, but they hold the power to change its outcome. Through grassroots debates and shared grievances, the conversations made inside a teashop ignite a butterfly effect that decides civilization’s direction.
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Tutankhamun and the Chattels
From pharaohs to ordinary souls, what remains after death? While Tutankhamun’s treasures endure, most vanish in auctions—a haunting reflection on legacy, inequality, and the impermanence of human existence in an overpopulated, material world