A fitting tribute to Ravi Shankar

Pradeepanjalee XV11 held on February 23 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre transpired into a delightful evening of music. Pradeep Ratnayake’s virtuosity on the Sitar was demonstrated to a Sri Lankan audience without any emotions being held back. Pradeep’s characteristic approach to shaping melodic phrases was gracefully served to an audience that understood him, cared for him, and loved him as an artiste of great musical taste.

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Interview

An author of unshakeable convictions

In this era where a global media culture is now sweeping across oceans and national borders believing that the pen is mightier than the sword can surely open paths that lead to spectacular accomplishments that the rawness of steels could never fulfil when the need for sensitivity and sincerity through words is what matters.

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From brilliance to infamy:

The last days of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde had to face the truth. There was no way out as the evidence kept loading upon him and his sexual activities. He was sentenced to prison in May, 1895 to serve his term at Wandsworth and Reading and later released in May 1897. He experienced the greater part the prison rigours of the silent system then in force and was helpless with nothing to do.

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