Child art with a difference
Art, like music is a universal language of
communication. More so to children especially those who suffer
disabilities that prevent them from leading normal lives. As the
Kala Pola art exhibition held last week at the Vihara Mahadevi Park
unfolded hidden talents of young and old,
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Bringing up children, the right way
It is the mother and the father who have to give
care and protection for the reason it was they who bore the child to
this world. That is the natural law. In his book From Topsy-turvydom
To Freedom, Bhikkhu K. Nanananda in the chapter on Mother and Child
says ‘The birth of a child is at the same time,
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Mala yakkas and Nomala yakkas who throng our island
Just listen to a typical conversation in a Sri
Lankan village, be it a tea kiosk or a forsaken ambalama. Just count
the number of times the term Yakka creeps into the cacophony of
talk, indulged in for the mere sake of satiating leisure hours. Of
course the participants have to be all-male caste.
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