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September is Literary Month:
Reading - the everlasting pastime
The literary month for 2012 began on September 1
as usual. Literary festivals are organised island wide during this
month under the patronage of universities, book publishers, printers
and government and non-government organisations. The main objective
of the literary month is to create a reading public.
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Vignettes
The age of lust!
Lust is an emotion or feeling of intense desire
in the body. It can take any form. So, we have the lust for sex and
the lust for knowledge or power. On the other hand, it can take
mundane forms such as lust for certain food items as distinct from
the need for them. Psychologists view lust as a powerful force
producing intense desire for an object or circumstances fulfilling
the emotion.
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Thorns on the Side
Pros and cons of re-imagining
The other day, I was at a concert performance
where one of the so-called “young generation” singers made such a
mess of one H.R. Jothipala’s songs that I wanted to cry. Jothipala’s
immortal songs are firmly etched in our sub consciousness that even
Montessori children can hum his songs.
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