The Sunday Times Plus - Sunday, January 07, 2007

Plus

Inspirational portrait
When Goolbai Gunasekara first told her mother, renowned educationist Clara Motwani that she was going to write about her life, Mrs. Motwani, she recalls, looked alarmed. “She knew my propensity for exaggeration,” Goolbai laughs, “and she warned me about three things.”


Sojourn in Sichuan

In Part 1 of a three - part series, Nishy Wijewardane deviates from earlier Chinese Silk Road trails to explore autumn amidst the mysterious and dramatic landscapes of China’s “Wild West”: Sichuan Province, bordering Tibet.

From the heart
A little girl, aged 2, has a 'hole in the heart' and needs surgery. Donations are requested from the public by parents who cannot afford the cost of a life-saving operation.

Culture fest at Galle
An extended cultural party, the Galle Literary Festival is ready to take off with an array of local and international artistes.

Art auction
Think “art auction” and world-famous auction houses such as Christie’s or Sotheby’s come to mind. But Sri Lanka will have its very first art auction, where exquisite works of contemporary art will go under the gavel at the Cinnamon Grand in Colombo on January 14.

	Appreciations
	Kapilasena Wijetunga
	Palitha Silva Gunawardene
	Sirancee Gunawardena
	Leelananda Caldera

	Letters to the editor
	Justice: Hangman’s noose the only way
	Can these teachers teach in English?
	Those ‘loathsome’ firsts in reel life!
	Diverting attention by creating a hate figure

	Books
	Watery Arteries Of Sri Lanka by W.J. Samuel
	Coming to Terms by Punyakante Wijenaike

	Kala Korner By Dee Cee

	What you and I can do to save her

	Meeting on Disaster Research and Ethics

	People
	Gold medal for Pravishtah
	Sworn translator in Sinhala, Tamil and English