(Daily Mirror – by D.B.S.Jayaraj) The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has a robust Film industry. From it’s nascent stages, film- making in the state has been inclusive in nature. Artistes and technicians from various parts of India have worked and continue to work in Tamil films. Many non –Tamils employed [...]
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(The Island – by Prof. Rajeeva Wijesinghe) Rereading books one has enjoyed can be enormous fun. Sadly, due to some sort of residual streak of puritanism, a feeling that one should be getting on with new things, this is not a pleasure I often allow myself. Fortunately a collection of [...] Private tuition a global issue Confronting the Shadow Education System: What Government Policies for What Private Tutoring? (2009), by Mark Bray. Paris: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). 132 pp. €20. Electronic copy free of charge from www.iiep.unesco.org. (Sunday Island – Reviewer: Dr. W. Ariyadasa de Silva) Most readers [...] (Sunday Island – by Nan) That’s what we six women intoned, during a long weekend at Minneriya. We raved on –glorying in the peace of the place, the ever refreshing Dry Zone uniqueness, the sparkling dawns and soft descending dusks. We luxuriated in the serenity of our surroundings and [...] (The Island – by Pro. Rajeeva Wijesinghe) In quoting David Cecil last week about Agatha Christie, it was brought home to me quite clearly that I had omitted previously in this series the writer he had noted first as being amongst the most distinguished of his generation. Reflecting on [...] (Daily Mirror – By Dianne Silva) A title from her blog; “Once Upon a Time With Shobhaa ” sums up the vivacious, eminent Indian novelist Shobhaa De- from the outside her life most certainly reads like a fairy tale- from being a Model to journalist to now a much read author, she [...] Dambulla cave temple, The best preserved sacred venue: (Daily News – by Rupa Baduwardane) Situated in the Central Province 82 miles from Colombo, 45 miles from Kandy and 10 miles from Sigiriya is Dambulla the world famous largest and carefully preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. This has been a sacred [...] (The Island – by Prof. Rajeeva Wijesinghe) In writing about Somerset Maugham, whose short stories cover a range of experience, I noted that he did not aim simply at thrilling or entertaining us. That idea, somewhat dismissive of work that concentrated on just one element, has stuck with me [...] (Daily News – by Lakshmi De Silva) Hidden among the lush green trees in close proximity to the Parliament complex there is a Folk Art Centre. In this quiet place there are huts built for craftsmen and women. Shriyani Chandralatha in her small cottage was making beeralu a traditional lace twisting and [...] (Daily Mirror) Sri Lanka’s current pride in the musical scene, Misty, are going great guns in the US and Canada providing dance mad expatriates with a tasteful selection of their rich musical repertoire in what band leader Rajitha Rupasinghe described as the longest but most satisfying tour they have undertaken away [...] (The Island – by Prof. Rajeeva Wijesinghe) Having decided, in describing 20th Century Classics of English Literature, to write about writers whose output as a whole was not very distinguished, but who produced individual works of brilliance, I realize that I should deal with the other side of the [...] (Daily Mirror) BOOK LAUNCHMuthu Padmakumara’s book “Mahinda” was launched at the Hilton on June 21 The book ‘MAHINDA’, a biography of the incumbent President of Sri Lanka written by Muthu Padmakumara, was launched at the Hilton Colombo on Monday (21st June 2010). The book depicts the early years of President Rajapaksa up [...] (Daily News – by Dhammika Dissanayake) Most efficacious Sri Lankan example of a ‘Film Actress’ is Malini Fonseka. Studying her character itself is a study of the character of Sri Lankan film actress; it is so extensive and fruitful. At times it appears that it is too late to have [...] |
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