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exhibitions at Studio Times Their collection is invaluable for not many others have gone to the remote places very often for miles on foot. Everyone with a love for their mother country has appreciated their work, turning up in their numbers for Studio Times exhibitions and grabbing their publications no sooner they come out. Though Pat Decker is no more, Nihal has continued the good work with his daughter Anu and a team of young professionals. The doors of Studio Times have always been open for enthusiasts to drop in and browse round the lovely black and white photographs on the walls. Now comes the good news that Studio Times is planning a series of "informal photography exhibitions" at their premises at Skelton Road on the last Wednesday of every other month starting July 28. The exhibitions will continue for four days - Thursday to Saturday - from 8 in the morning till 8 in the evening. The first in the series will highlight Rajarata, the Sinhalese kingdom built and nurtured around Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa for several centuries where the arts flourished along with agriculture and irrigation. Birds, Wild life and People will also be featured. Visitors are bound to enjoy the old prints and photographs taken by Nihal and Pat. The second exhibition (September 29 to October 2) will cover Ruhunurata and the third (November24-27) will feature Mayarata."When we showcased photographs from our archive and from the travels of our current team of photographers at our last exhibition, 'Voyage', there was a great demand from the viewers to see more photographs of Sri Lanka. It is in response to this need that we have decided to hold this series of informal exhibitions," Anu explained. Parents should make it a point to come round with their children and view the rare photographs. It will be a valuable learning experience for the young ones. Meanwhile, the last few copies of Nihal Fernando's highly acclaimed 'Sri Lanka, a Personal Odyssey', which Ian Goonetilleke described as Nihal's "uniquely personal homage to a national heritage he has learned over the years, to love, to understand and to capture in inexhaustible and unflagging exploration of the photographer's art" are available at Studio Times. Goodbye,
Monica! Commenting on one of her poems to be included in 'Contemporary Sinhala Fiction', Madhubashini Ratnayake stated that the distinct Ruwanpathirana style in poetry is the rhythm and the rhyme of the verses. "She writes to a definite metre and more often than not, each line ends with a rhyme. Since the verses are usually quatrains, they have much similarity with Sinhala folk poetry. The poet feels strongly about the rhythm in words and believes that there is instinctive rhythm in our people, so that they can easily relate to metrical lines," she wrote. Born in Malimbada, Matara, Monica first went to her village school, then to St Thomas' Girls High School and finally to Sanghamitta Vidyalaya, Galle. She passed out from the University of Colombo in 1967, worked in the Plan Implementation Ministry for eleven years prior to resigning due to ideological differences and then started working for an NGO which specialised in participatory development. "It is this choice of career that made her come into close contact with the majority of people in this country. Getting involved directly with their problems came as part of her job and she could see first hand, the ways of life of the people here and that had direct bearing on her creativity," Madhubashini wrote. Since her first creative effort 'Api Denna Saha Tavat Keepa Denek' in 1971, she continued to write and critics hailed her work as honest portrayals of relevant social issues. State recognition though came rather late in the day when 'Hypocrites' and 'Rohiniya' won State Literary Awards in 2003. |
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