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Fusion of academic and technical acumen:
The celestial notes that address the inner temple of the heart
Perhaps, the singular characteristic of Dr.
Nirmala Kumari’s Sitar recital is her innate ability to infuse
divine notes into it. She exploits every string of Sitar to render
it a divine tone, spell bounding the audience. It is indeed the
amalgamation of human touch with divine music in its varied
manifestations.
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Encounters
Literature and varieties of history
[ Part 9]
So far, in this series of columns on varieties
of history, I have been focusing on the work, formulations and
agendas of historians. Today I wish to highlight the work of a group
of literary scholars who have a deep and abiding interest in
history. Their body of work goes under the generic name of New
Historicism.
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Cultural Scene
Sinhala literary culture
[Part 1]
The two sessions on Sinhala literature at the
recently concluded HSBC Galle Literary Festival prompted me to
explore the Sinhala literary culture as a prelude to my discussion
on the two sessions on Sinhala literature at GLF in general and
contemporary Sinhala literature in particular.
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