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| The distant wail of the displaced |
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| Everywhere, men and women are gathered in knots, huddled in groups, in front of their dusty tents, under trees, even in the middle of streets, talking to each other, trying to present a cheerful appearance. Though they try not to show it, they are gripped by panic, uncertainty and fear. |
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| Schools in
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| Young, sweet voices in harmony – on the stage girls in flowing Athenian robes singing to their hearts content.
A performance in progress……no not in the famous concert halls of Colombo but in the auditorium of the Siri Dhamma College in Galle. |
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| Learn to
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| Another tsunami is coming very soon! Tigers are preparing for a big attack! An election is in the offing! The apocalypse is going to destroy us completely........! |
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| Gratiaen
2006 |
| It’s that time of the year again – and Colombo stops to celebrate the written word. When the Gratiaen Prize comes around annually, the literary community of academics, writers, publishers, critics and your everyday bookworm, take a moment to reflect on the potential of pen put to paper, making it the hour of the creative writer – the moment of the scribbler folk. |
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She is a busy lawyer, running between courts in the Uva region. The mother of two daughters who are both married, life was hectic for Jayaranee Peeris, balancing her home and her work well, until she was struck down by a bout of illness in 1999. |
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