Review
A critical discussion on the play Eumenides:
Relooking at the roots of ‘adjudicated justice’
The evening of February 16 saw the John de Silva
memorial theatre come alive with a feast of acting talent displayed
by school children from Mahinda College, Southlands Girls’ School
and Sangamitta Girls’ School College which was without a doubt a
credit to the whole of Galle, being a production which was performed
that evening an entry to the State Drama Festival 2012/2013.
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Contemporary Painters
Raju Ramlan won acclaim for Buddhist themes
The Arabian world traveller Ibn Batuta came here
in the 14th century and talked of “Calembou” in his account of his
travels. The areas inland from the coast appeared green and
impenetrable to the new arrivals. It projected a region of small
lakes densely overgrown with lush tropical vegetation,
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Cultural Scene
Ideas of deconstruction and Of Grammatology
A couple of weeks ago, I commenced a series of
columns examining the seminal ideas of postmodernism and
deconstruction. I briefly examined the critiques on the text ‘Of
Grammatology’ by Jaques Derrida translated by Gayatri Chakravorty
Spivak.
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