- No Space, No Excuses: A Hospital That Thinks Beyond Itself
- The Heart of the East: How Sri Sathya Sai’s Karuna Nilayam Hospital Is Healing Batticaloa and Beyond
- The Baby Drought: Subfertility and the Struggle for New Life in Northern Sri Lanka
- Healing in Jaffna: What the North Taught a Southern Doctor About Empathy
- Bringing Stroke Care Home: A Quiet Revolution in Post-Conflict Jaffna
- Richard de Zoysa’s Murder and the Era of Fear: “Rani” Revisits Sri Lanka’s Past (February Issue) →
- A Mother’s Fight: Dilki’s Journey after Viraj (January Issue) →
Essays & reflections
Writing
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Infectious Disease
A Bite, A Lesson: Why Rabies Still Matters in Sri Lanka
A young engineering student's dog bite becomes a lesson in why rabies remains a real threat in Sri Lanka — and what everyone should know about post-exposure treatment.
3 min read
Patient Stories
A Costly Prescription: A Doctor's Dilemma in a Broken System
When the hardest part of treatment isn't the disease but affording the cure: a general practice encounter that exposes the hidden financial burden behind every prescription.
4 min read
Travel & Reflection
Staying or Leaving: A Doctor's Reflection in a Time of Exodus
With thousands of health professionals leaving Sri Lanka every year, one doctor reflects on the question colleagues keep asking — "when are you going?" — and why he chooses to stay.
4 min read
Mental Health
Silent Burdens and the Power of Listening
An elderly patient arrives carrying something heavier than any diagnosis. On the healing that begins when a doctor puts down the prescription pad and simply listens.
3 min read
Women's Health
Missed Period, Negative Pregnancy Test: What Could Be Happening?
A young couple hoping for pregnancy face a confusing result: no period, but a negative test. What a missed period can really mean, and when to seek fertility assessment.
9 min read
Vaccines
"Doctor, Is It Too Late for Me to Get the Cervical Cancer Vaccine?"
A 47-year-old patient asks the question many women silently carry. HPV, who the vaccine helps and when, why Pap smears still matter, and the message for mothers, fathers, and sons.
9 min read
Vaccines
Chickenpox Before a Wedding: A Family Doctor's Reflection on Varicella, Vaccines, and Shingles
A groom falls ill with chickenpox one week before his wedding. A family doctor answers the questions that followed — adult varicella, vaccination after exposure, isolation, and shingles.
11 min read
Teaching
Prof. Kolitha Harischandra Sellahewa: Clinician, Teacher, Leader, and Humanist
A tribute to a mentor whose uncompromising standards at the bedside were matched by deep humanity — and what his example still teaches a generation of Sri Lankan doctors.
5 min read
Travel & Reflection
Bhutan: The Country That Refused to Chase the World
A journey through a land that measures wealth in happiness — and what it taught me about slowing down.
4 min read
Elsewhere
Published elsewhere
Articles and columns written for newspapers and magazines.