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| What lies ahead for little Dinusha? |
ADVERTISTMENTS |
 No words are needed. Her beautiful melting eyes say it all. She smiles but the gentle smile has a haunted quality. It is a smile tinged with sadness, reinforcing the sorrow behind her eyes. She speaks too, softly…….a few words, mostly monosyllables, through trembling lips. The words are difficult to understand. This, her shaven head and limp body are the indications of the terrible events that shattered her young life on that fateful night of May 18. |
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| Treasure house |
 Outside the sun rides high in the afternoon sky, but inside interior designer Rohan de Silva’s home in Kandy it is dark and cool. Within the Surya Kantha Maha Walauwa’s thick sturdy walls Mr. de Silva co-exists comfortably with symbols of Kandy’s glorious and ancient culture. It seems in every corner one can spot the dull gleam of old bronze, the subdued sheen of heavy, polished wood. This is obviously much more than a home – it is a treasure house. |
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| Tender Trap |
 At the outset, I was charmed and entrapped by the greenery of the forest, the vividly contrasting light and shade, the deep calming, brooding silence, interspersed by bird calls and the shrill cries of our simian ancestors. The deceptively cloudless atmophere was tinged with a sense of mystery, of foreboding. We soon see the two principal male actors, the older Dr Gerard, eminent primatologist, and his much younger assistant, Sunimal. |
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Painters and their paintings |
 Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara occupies a unique place among Buddhist places of worship in Sri Lanka. Apart from the fact that Kelaniya is one of the 16 places hallowed by a visit of the Buddha, the vihara is a fine example of artistry ranging from the 18th to 20th century. |
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