Noon at Kudagama. The little ones and some not-so-little ones who have not gone to school are eating a scrap lunch, mainly a few mouthfuls of rice and one vegetable, no fish, meat or even a piece of karola, not off plates but nebiliyas.
Most of the homes are wattle-and-daub with cadjan-thatched roofs while only a few are made of brick with sheeting as roofs.
Astronomers the world over have been stunned and amazed by the weirdest new comet to appear in the sky for a long time. And it's one of the brightest — easy to spot with your eyes alone, if you know where to look.Observers worldwide had no trouble spotting Comet Holmes through the full moonlight on the evening of October 25, 2007.
“Martin, I’ve just come from the most shocking case I ever tried… He blinded six horses with a metal spike.” – Hesther Salomon, Magistrate.
And so, unfolds Equus – Peter Shaffer’s complex, disturbing, psychological drama where a middle-aged psychiatrist Martin Dysart is confronted by Alan Strang, a 17-year-old boy who has blinded six horses.....