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A critique on ‘On the street and Other
Revelations’:
Loose prose and feeble signs of poetry
Winning the Gratiaen Prize 2010 by wfor her
collection of poetry titled On the Street and Other Revelations
offers an important opportunity to look back at the Gratiaen Prize
which came into being in 1992. It also offers an opportunity to
assess the predicament of Sri Lankan literature in English.
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Encounters
Filmmaker as social commentator
Taiwan, over the years, has been making films of
an exceptionally high order. Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang and Tsai
Ming Liang, in my judgment, can be regarded as the three most
important film directors - three directors I have had the
opportunity to meet.
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Cultural Scene
Early diaspora in Naipaul’s writing
As I discussed in the last week’s column, V.S.
Naipual’s literary career is important on many counts in
understanding the growth and development of diasporic literature and
the overarching influence it exerted particularly on the lives of
diasporic writers who are emerging from many parts of the globe.
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