2025 6:1

Contents
Front Matter
Editorial: Purposes of education, trust and academic publishing Dinesha Samararatne (Editor), Kaushalya Perera (Assistant Editor)
Articles
Conservation status, crop damage and distribution of the Hog Deer (Axis porcinus Zimmermann, 1780) in Galle District, Sri Lanka. Shashi Madhushanka & Kithsiri B. Ranawana
Urban Heat Island Phenomenon in Colombo: An analysis of its causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies. M. S. P. Sumaiya, Fareena Ruzaik & M. J. J. Hasmath
‘Ṛtu’ and ‘Ṛtukāla’: The time to be pregnant: Exploring Ayurvedic perspectives on fertility in literature. I.G.P.R Kulanatha (Ipitakaduwa)
Reviews
A comprehensive review of vitiligo: Integrating modern Medical insights with Ayurvedic concepts Shazmin Hazari & Pushpa Jayakody
Nursing students’ challenges and perceptions of COVID-19 and readiness for future pandemics M.G.S. Nishara, T. A. Asurakkody, H.M.H. I Herath, J. M. L. Shavindi, P.P.M. Lakrandi
Review of Nadeera Rupesinghe, Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka: Navigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society (Tambapanni Academic Publishers 2024) Gehan Gunatilleke
Symposium
Revisiting Humanism in Education: Insights from Tagore Panduka Karunanayake
Tagore’s Ideas on Humanistic Education as a Civilizational Burden: Response to Panduka Karunanayake Sasanka Perera
ශෝක පණිවුඩ Darshana L. Weerawarne

Dinesha Samararatne (Editor), Kaushalya Perera (Assistant Editor)

Articles

Shashi Madhushanka & Kithsiri B. Ranawana

M. S. P. Sumaiya, Fareena Ruzaik & M. J. J. Hasmath

I.G.P.R Kulanatha (Ipitakaduwa)

Reviews

Shazmin Hazari & Pushpa Jayakody