ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Vol. 41 - No 27
 
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Cooking, not writing was her first love  
Back from Australia Yasmine Gooneratne who has just released her latest book, 'The Sweet and Simple Kind' has a candid conversation. A conversation with Yasmine Gooneratne, to use an analogy from her latest book 'The Sweet and Simple Kind' released just last month, is like ‘going on safari in a Tarzan movie'. You never know what awaits you each time you turn a corner.
 
Paradise at peak

"Saranai.. saranai… buddan saranaai…! saranai… saranai… dhamman saranaai…!" The 'thun-saranai'; the traditional hymns chanted by seniors in our team helped ease the fatigue of the now nearly 5-hour climb from Nallathanniya. According to frequent Sri Pada climbers, we had enough time to reach the peak before daylight but the climb was slowing.

 
Come one and all, these golden beaches beckon
The beach was crowded this morning. Along the three mile stretch of golden sands there were three tourists and two fishermen. The tracks left by the turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs during the night were still visible. A flock of egrets were busily picking their way through the herbage on the edge of the sand only five yards from where I was sitting enjoying my morning coffee.
 

Appreciations
  Sirancee Gunawardena
  Grace Amerasekera
  Clarice Samaranayake
  Srimani Athulathmudali
  Sugunadasa Athukorala
 
Letters to the editor
 
 
 
Books
  Living in Sri Lanka by James Fennell & Turtle Bunbury
  Everyday struggles spiced with laughter By Ashok Ferrey
 
A 70-year-old Pole’s passion for cycling
 
Little check on never ceasing flow of hope - Health
 
Arts
  From table-tapping to beat of the tabla
  The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
  With a brush and colour Anushka tells all
  Delight in the sounds of a cappella music
  Odd things and throw-aways make art
  ‘A dance for my mother’
   
SLANA in step with our diverse dance forms
 
A golden harvest
 
Annual SLAAS sessions start on Dec. 10
 
Menaka to sing at SOSL Christmas concert
 
Events diary
   
Horror story by child author
   
Italian fare at Il Ponte
   
Sri Lanka’s ‘best’ Australian citizens feted at awards night
   
Exciting week of Paris fashions and more
   
Let’s talk literature

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