Creating a path of success with a vision

Montage interviews Lakshman Joseph de Saram, the Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Colombo, celebrating its 5th anniversary this year.

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Encounters

The poetic universe of Pablo Neruda

The final book of poems of Neruda that I wish to focus on is One Hundred Love Sonnets. This shows the trend-line of his later poetry. This poem is dedicated to Matilde Urrutia who became his third wife, and she lived with him until his death on September 23 1973.

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Cultural scene

Magam Soliya and contemporary Sinhala novel

In this week’s column, we explore the Sinhalese novel Magam Soliya and the status of the contemporary Sinhala novel. What is obvious is that the present crisis in the contemporary Sinhala novel is in the content and the form.

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