Discover Lanka

"Sucede que me canso de ser hombre." Pablo Neruda. ¿Ho va dir abans o després de la violació a una exòtica noia del servei domèstic a Sri Lanka (on era ambaixador) que explica amb tota la patxorra a «Confieso que he vivido» (1974)

As a boy in Sri Lanka, Ray Jayawardhana wrote to NASA’s JPL asking for Voyager photos. Weeks later, a manila envelope arrived, filled with images of distant worlds. Four decades later, he’s president of Caltech, which runs JPL. What a story. explorers.com/ray-jayaward... @nationalacademies.org

🙂 Sri Lanka frogmouth 23cm NOCTURNAL Exclusively native to Western Ghats of SW India and Sri Lanka Diet a wide variety of insects and small invertebrates Nest fork of an evergreen tree. Female lays ONE single egg. Both parents incubate 28days Both feed it 25days, and 2 months after fledging

I love this: "It's time we try to understand a bit more about trade and exchange," Chirikure said, "particularly by comparing the communities in places like Sri Lanka and southern Africa. Because it's the water that separated people, but it was also the water that connected people."

Separated by sea, Sri Lanka’s cobras hold a distinct genetic identity shaped over millions of years. New research confirms their evolutionary divergence from Indian mainland lineages, shedding light on both taxonomic debate and the island’s rich natural heritage. Malaka Rodrigo reports.

Joyful news! Saudi Arabia has overturned the death sentence for a Sri Lankan man, granting him a precious second chance at life. A powerful moment of hope and relief. 🙏 #GoodNews #JusticeServed #Humanitarian #SriLanka #SaudiArabia

#TACO night at #JDVance house It's Taco night at JD's. Netflix and chill. US NOT #greatAGAIN #ISRAEL Israel #Russia #Ukraine #genocide #Palestine #Sudan #Tibet #SriLanka #NorthKorea #colombia #Ethiopia #Afghanistan #DRC #Congo #Darfur #Libya #Mali #Syria #Yemen #BurkinaFaso #Cameroon #Myanmar #Gaza

The rusty-spotted cat is the world's smallest wild cat & are found in India, Sri Lanka, & Nepal. They weigh just a few pounds & are elusive, making them difficult to study. Little is known about their ecology. indiandefencereview.com/meet-the-wor...

Adorable Grey-headed canary-flycatcher tiny energetic forest bird measuring 12cm in length Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal Sri Lanka An expert catching tiny insects mid-air! Active and vocal throughout the day, joining larger mixed-species foraging flocks moving through the forest.

Set in early nineteenth century Sri Lanka, Children of the Sun is streaming now on SBS On Demand 🇱🇰 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

Cyclone Ditwah caused $4.1B in damage in Sri Lanka, at a scale planners never designed for. Read why water systems built on past patterns can't keep up 💧 @iwmi.bsky.social https://on.cgiar.org/4y2VtzK

Can natural ventilation cool Sri Lanka's urban spaces? With home heating and cooling driving nearly a third of the nation's energy demand, passive cooling techniques offer a low-energy alternative to keep indoor spaces comfortable in warming cities. Kamanthi Wickramasinghe reports.

En este libro, el best seller hindú azuza el odio racial entre las diferentes etnias de la India, especialmente contra las minorías musulmanas y sijh, exige la vuelta del sistema de castas y pide la reunificación de Pakistán, Bangladesh y Sri Lanka bajo un nuevo estado teocrático llamado "Baratha".

Day 13 ‘Flimsy’ #inktober2026 #inktober #inktoberflimsy #flimsy #elephantegg When my brother got married in Sri Lanka, we released some newly hatched elephants into the sea. Come to think of it, they might have been turtles 🤔

Pendentif, Ceylan (actuel Sri Lanka), seconde moitié du XVIe siècle. Cristal de roche sculpté, ivoire sculpté présentant des traces de polychromie et de dorure, or et perles, 4,6 cm × 3,8 cm. Prix sur demande © PAB Aguiar-Branco Antiques

Anfangsverdacht für Straftat im Rathaus in #Raunheim +++ #Landeskriminalamt untersucht geschredderte Wahlunterlagen +++ Bürgermeister Rendel muss sich zudem am 8. Dezember wegen versuchter Nötigung vor Gericht verantworten 👉 www.fr.de/rhein-main/k... @fr-zeitung.bsky.social #FRDarmstadt #LKA #Hessen

“Not Genuine with Justice” Sri Lanka’s Lack of Will to Prosecute Past Abuses www.hrw.org/report/2026/...

Sri Lanka blue Magpie 42-47cm lifespan 10-15years monogamous birds form lifelong pairs and lives exclusively in the dense evergreen rainforests and hill forests of southwestern Sri Lanka diet invertebrates, fruits and berries Male/Female identical Families flock stay together often permanently.

Wenn es Sri Lanka gibt, muss es auch Wan Lanka und Tu Lanka geben, oder?

An evening walk on the beach after a heavy monsoon shower. #SriLanka 🇱🇰 #monsoon #MoragallaBeach 📷 #landscapephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ECK #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather