The art of story-telling

‘Say Kalumaali’ says the little girl Saki played by Shyalina Muthumudalige to Gihan de Chickera playing the recluse like vagabond in the final scene who says he is at a loss to find a start to his ‘Kalumaali story’.

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Encounters

Raymond Williams through Sri Lankan eyes

[Part 6]

In the past few weeks I have been discussing the concepts of culture, literature, communication as formulated and elaborated on by Raymond Williams. In today’s column I wish to explore his approach to the novel.

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Cultural scene

Rabindranath Tagore and Santiniketan

In this week’s column, we would explore how Tagore’s humane philosophy manifested itself through Santiniketan. It is pertinent here to look at, briefly, the kind of education that Tagore envisioned and that philosophy of education he later realised through the establishment of Santiniketan in India.

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