What artistes say on Sri Lanka's flagship English newspaper

Boody Keerthisena

Gunasena Vithana

"During my film student days in Manhattan in New York City, The Village Voice and New York Times helped me a lot to understand cultural trends and the art scene in the city. Being back in Colombo, the Sunday Observer is one of the very few ways to keep in touch with the arts, cultural and literature trends in-depth over here. Therefore, I would like to wish the very best for the Sunday Observer to keep doing what they have been good at doing to the arts and culture in Sri Lanka".

Gunasena Vithana

It was hard to find a good English newspaper in Sri Lanka for the English speaking community till the Sunday Observer took the initiative. A few decades ago the Sunday Observer was the main source to establish the State ideology among the English speaking, upper middle class society. Still I remember the demand for the Sunday Observer from the beginning and I'm one of the constant readers of this leading newspaper. From the beginning the Sunday Observer maintained the trustworthiness of the readers and the credibility of its content. Readers could always rely on its content which I think is a progressive aspect of media. Most importantly before the telecommunication revolution, the Sunday Observer was the only easy medium that we had to grab international news and updates.

Therefore, it is not a hyperbole to call this remarkable paper a heritage of the national media and I wish the Sunday Observer all success.