D. R. Wijewardane
Mawatha's second-hand bookshops boom ...:
Read anything from King to Karunasena
From Sydney Sheldon, Stephen King, Francine
Pascal to even the greatest Sri Lankan authors like Martin
Wickramesinghe, Karunasene Jayalath and W. A. Silva crowd the book
shops attracting even those who never looked at a book after their
Advance Level examination.
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AsiaMedia writer wins South Asian Journalists
Association Award:
Arthur Rhodes takes top honours for his coverage of Sri Lanka
elections in UCLA publication
Last weekend in New York, Rhodes received first
prize in the New Media category from the South Asian Journalists
Association for a November 2005 article in AsiaMedia on that month's
presidential election in Sri Lanka.
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Multi-faceted nightingale ? Erin Kelaart
The halcyon 1960's was an era which gave
Ceylon's music industry a much-needed head start and shot in the
arm; producing some of the most dynamic, versatile and flamboyant
performers.
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