Of art through a myriad of journals
What is art coursing through a vein relative of
literature? Is the brush mightier than his pen? The year is
something of the hazy 80’s. A schoolboy born in Quilon, Kerala and
having moved to Bangalore at the age of three is seen cycling to
school on the leafy thread of tarmac.
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The Dhammapada and the study of classical texts
One of the beneficial outcomes of the rise and
spread of modern cultural theory during the past three decades or so
has been the desire to instigate movements to re-visit and re-assess
classical texts. It is in that spirit that I wish to explore today
the well-known Buddhist text the Dhammapada.
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Era of modernity in Sinhala fiction
In the previous week’s column, I tried to trace
the evolution of the Sinhala novel, looking at the life and times of
Piyadasa Sirisena who is considered as the father of modern Sinhala
fiction. In this week’s column, I would like to explore the phase of
Sinhala fiction beyond the literary productions of Piyadasa Sirisena.
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