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  • Sometimes it's the better way
  • The ugly side of dowry
  • Sometimes it's the better way

    Many things have been said about divorce, how psychologically traumatic it is to the child and so forth. But the other side of the story is that growing up in a house with two parents who argue and fight over every minute matter is also not going to help in the healthy development of the child. In such a house the child will always live in fear not knowing what will happen at the next moment. Sometimes the unpleasant memories of incidents could affect his or her future. He or she may not develop into a caring person or one who could accept caring from another. This may even have serious consequences in his or her married life. Because all he has seen in his parents' marriage are arguments, fights and violence. It is important for parents to realize that a child's personality and development will depend on how they behave. The important thing is that no matter what disagreements they have between them, they should sort these between the two of them without jeopardizing an innocent child's life, even if it takes a separation. In other words staying together when a relationship is not working out, just for the sake of preserving the marriage may not be beneficial in the long run. It is better for them to separate, but they still can bring up the children in a healthy way by accepting and sharing the responsibilities. 

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    The ugly side of dowry

    Are dowries necessary for marriages? I think it'a disgrace! It looks like parents are paying someone to marry their child. A child is an asset to the parents. So it brings a lot of sorrow upon the parents to give the 'apple of the eyes' away in marriage. 

    Once I saw a marriage proposal by a handsome young doctor asking for a young lady who has a house at Colombo 7, so it would be easier for him to get to the hospital! For a moment I thought the newspaper had made a mistake by publishing it in the marriage proposals column and not in the Real Estate section! (that's where you should have looked Doc!) In my opinion, materialistic fools who can't see the value of a human being without looking into their bank accounts, are the ones who search for partners with dowries. They are totally blinded by the glory of big bucks. 

    Do not dishonour the union of two beautiful people by bringing up this ugly subject. 


    Hair-raising fantasy

    By Laila Nasry
    Romesh had just forty minutes. To fantasize, to visualise, to create. He worked frenzidly, twisting, gelling, fixing...his fingers trying to keep up with his vivid imagination...to achieve that root effect. There was no room for mistakes. It was a forty minutes like no other. It was a forty minutes that won Imagehim a gold. 

    Romesh Atapattu of Ramani Fernando Salons was adjudged the Sri Lankan Champion on November 21 at the Hair Asia Pacific Contest organised by the Sri Lanka Association of Hair dressers and Beauticians (SLAHAB) and South Indian Beauty Specialists and Hair dressers Association which was held at the Park Sheraton Hotel, Chennai, India. He was declared winner for his 'fantasy hair style' and 3rd runner-up in the evening hair style category of the four categories; Fantasy, Evening hair style, Bridal make-up and Ladies hair cut he entered for. 

    "I was very nervous," says the 22-year-old, this being his first international competition having joined Ramani just three year ago. "There were around 100 participants for the evening hair style category and around 56 participants for the fantasy category, all very good and with creations of a high standard." However Romesh assisted by both Ramani Fernando and Michael Wijesuriya was ready for the stiff competition, having practised 10 times over, both his evening hairstyle; a creative pleat effect with the hair piled high and his fantasy hair style. 

    "I was totally taken by surprise, because I never imagined I'd win," says a modest Romesh. The fact that he had used the model's original hair earned him the winning points. 

    Romesh hopes to continue in this field which he enjoys thoroughly. This is just the beginning of years more of snipping and styling, coiffeuring and creating and with such hair raising success his future seems indeed bright. 

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