Festive Sweets

A mix of Sri Lankan Eid and Avurudhu celebratory sweets. Clockwise from bottom left: boondi, dodol, mung kawum, murukku, and date bars. Poruthota, Negombo, April 2024.

_{• 70mm • f/2.8 • 1/40 • ISO640 • Canon R6 & RF24-70/2.8L •}

Evening Walks in Kandy Town

Yatinuwara Street, January 2024.

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Food for Conversations

Aliya Giya Mawatha, Kandy. January 2024.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/160 • ISO1600 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

The Samosa Man

Maligawatta, Colombo. December 2023.

^{• 48mm • f/4 • 1/500 • ISO500 • Canon R6 & RF24-70/2.8L •}

Kadé Culture #2

Ratnam Road, Kochchikade, Colombo. September 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/80 • ISO1000 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Aluth Vadé

Abdul Hameed St, Aluthkade, Colombo. July 2023.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/160 • ISO400 • Canon R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Masala vadé.

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Colombo’s famous isso vadé.

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Murukku #3

Maharagama, Sri Lanka. April 2018.

Murukku #2

A savoury roadside snack of salted, spiced, and deep-fried flour. The word murukku, is derived from the Tamil word for “twisted”, which describes its shape. Maharagama, Sri Lanka. April 2018.

Swords into Plowshares and Bunkers into Petti Kadés*

A former Sri Lanka Navy bunker — part of the static defenses against the Tamil Tiger guerrillas during the civil war — has since been converted by this enterprising businessman into a little kiosk selling snacks and warm soft drinks to worshippers and tourists visiting the Naagapoosani Amman Kovil on Nainativu Island, off the coast of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

^{*A “petti kadé is a small wayside lean-to shack serving as a shop.}