Books

This profusely illustrated coffee table book runs to nearly two hundred pages and contains over three hundred old, rare and monochrome photographs as well as more recent colour photographs capturing the rich cultural traditions of the Moor community of Sri Lanka, not to mention old sketches and paintings depicting traditional …

This pioneering work covers a hundred oddities, curiosities and mysteries of Sri Lanka that have for long defied explanation. Our island is, after all, home to some of the weirdest lore and legends handed down the generations that speak of many strange things. These stories coming down to us from hoary …

book cover Although Sri Lanka’s Muslims form nearly ten percent of the population of Sri Lanka, a comprehensive work detailing their main places of worship and recording their history, evolution and architecture has been a long-felt need. This lacuna is now filled with a well-illustrated coffee table book ‘Iconic Masjids …

A Journey of Colombo Through Time As Never Seen Before The Great Days of Colombo is by far the most comprehensive book on the City of Colombo, for long the grandest metropolis in the far-famed island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. This profusely illustrated and compelling work tells the story …

Sri Lanka is home to some of the most enigmatic beliefs and customs known to man. From the widespread belief in supernatural spirits that possess and demand sacrifices to the ill effects of death pollution that cling on to the living like a contagious disease, local lore knows of many …

Forty Nights with Johnny & the Janissary by Asiff Hussein Forty Nights with Johnny & the Janissary answers all the important questions about Islam in the form of forty Q & A’s between the two protagonists, Johnny, a young seeker from the West and Ahmed, a wise old man popularly …

ZEYLANICA. A Study of the Peoples and Languages of Sri Lanka by Asiff Hussein. Published by Neptune Publications (Pvt) Ltd. Rs. 2400 Vast corpus of information on fascinating subject ZEYLANICA. A Study of the Peoples and Languages of Sri Lanka by Asiff Hussein is a comprehensive study of the origins …

Sarandib. An Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka by Asiff Hussein

Sunday, December 23, 2012 How and what we ate: From stone age to modern times Asiff Hussein’s latest book Ivilly Pevilly. The Gastronome’s Guide to the Culinary History and Heritage of Sri Lanka covers Sri Lanka’s rich culinary history and heritage from the Stone Age to the modern era. Well …

Caste in Sri Lanka : From Ancient Times to the Present Day Asiff Hussein. Neptune Publication (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka Caste in Sri Lanka. From ancient Times to the present Day covers Sri Lanka’s caste system as it exists, and existed among the different communities of Sri Lanka. It is …