ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Vol. 41 - No 46
 
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Cheering them on ADVERTISTMENTS
The sharp crack of the bat connecting firmly with a ball echoes across the stadium. In a moment, thousands are on their feet, cheering wildly. How does it feel to know that the man they’re cheering for is your husband or your son? And that it could have so easily gone the other way, with just one clever delivery capturing a wicket?
 
National New Year
The concept of any New Year celebration or festival, in reality, only marks a date and a point of time from which a group of people of specific identity wish to re-start another period of 365 or 366 days, with a new awareness and a new determination to make their lives within this incoming period better than what they have been.
 
The darkening green
Below, on the lake road, the bullock carts were rumbling by. If you looked down you could see the lantern swinging from the shaft as each step of the bull’s iron shod feet and his garland of tinkling bells accompanied the creaking of the axles. I lay in bed watching the black of the night slowly turn grey.
 
Behind the lens
It was a dream come true for veteran photographer L.E. Samararatne when he launched 'Learn to See' - a compilation of the pick of his creative effort spanning six decades. For 20 years he had tried hard to find a sponsor but failed. When the President's Fund called for manuscripts for publication, Samare (that's how I prefer to call him rather than L.E. or Sam) saw his opportunity.
 
Beach luxury
Stylish is not a word usually associated with Unawatuna; raffish seems more appropriate for this popular do-it-yourself beach resort. So to find a place there as elegant as Thambapanni Retreat is to discover that Unawatuna has moved up-market.At least part of it has. Thambapanni Retreat is at the edge of the muddle that characterises the area; up a narrow lane away from the beach to where uniformed security guards scrutinise every potential visitor
 

Letters to the editor
  Bravo! They literally moved mountains
  The cadres are protected, but what about the people?
  Of beef, beasts, wags and hags
  Keep those letters rolling, until officials wake up
  Big hand to 'Clean Hands'
  Half pension for some pensioners
  Seeking rights and losing lives
  It's time for flowers and golden paddy!
 
Appreciations
  Winnie Roslyn Samaranayake
  Thilagawathy Kandasamy
  Happy Birthday Thaththiyo!
  Pearl Chandra Thamotheram
   
Aruni, Lanka’s new queen
   
Little heart opens up with love
   
Song of praise from Brook
   
Books
  Public Enterprise in Film Development -Success and Failure in Sri lanka by Dr.D.B.Nihalsingha
  Mount Lavinia - The Governor's Palace by Shevanthie Goonesekera
   
A vision yet to be fulfilled - Remembering Ananda Mivanapalana
   

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