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 What is it that drives someone to take his or her own life? Is suicide really the end of a long road of despair — or an unpremeditated act of anger or distress? Jeanne Marecek, Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania has been studying the issue of suicide in Sri Lanka for almost 20 years, and feels that in this country, suicide is a 'niche disorder' — one that arises from psychological conditions that occur at a particular time and place. |
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| Dark offerings |
 Moving along into its second week, Colombo’s first English theatre season, Noir, presented by StageLight&Magic Inc., brings to focus a more complex theatre of intensified, intimate acting styles and the deepening darkness of the subject in discussion. With Michael Holsinger, Shehara Jayasinghe and Aida Mansoor making up the cast, Ionesco’s The Lesson, the one-act comedy that launched the Theatre of the Absurd, is billed for the second weekend of the season. |
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| Two blows
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 She reached the milestone of 16 on June 28. Life should have been a long and exciting road ahead – instead her days have been spent either appearing in court or attempting to persuade the school she has been attending since she was five plus to allow her to go back into the classroom to get on with her life with some semblance of normalcy. |
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Cleopatra’s secret |
 Dilly’s, Colombo’s popular designer store will go Egyptian this week. As a new Voyages collection is unveiled with creations inspired by the land of the Pharoahs, with the idea of giving the customer a total experience, the Blue Water Ayurveda Spa will simultaneously present Cleopatra’s beauty secrets in the Dilly’s foyer on July 13, 14 and 15. |
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