You, me and Camellia Sinensis

Boy George was perhaps right when he said if he had to choose between having a good cup of tea and having sex, he would choose the former. Especially if it happens to be tea made in Sri Lanka, for as Dr. Ziyad Mohamed once observed when he was the Director of the Tea Research Institute Thalawakelle, Ceylon Tea is the best tea in the world.

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Reflections on genuine and original art depict culture

Trinethra cultural pageant:

As the Trinethra cultural pageant toured Tamil Nadu, stopping at diverse educational Institutions, one of the fascinating documentaries shown and, which is of both educational and artistic value was the documentary on 'Traditional Drums of Sri Lanka'.

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Arts

Denial of youth in the name of education

Vikurthi (Distortion) as a social critique:

As the much-awaited Colombo Youth Theatre Festival concluded, the issue of meaningful theatre has, once again, come to the fore. After the country went through a series of social changes and adoption of fast moving life styles, Sri Lankan theatre has also been affected adversely deteriorating the quality of Sinhala theatre.

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