Poetry speaks eloquently

It was with these beautiful and evocative lines from Anne Ranasinghe’s poem ‘Colombo’ that the evening of poetry readings titled ‘A Verse Speaking Recital’ commenced at Sri Lanka’s national poet Anne Ranasinghe’s residence in Colombo. Then the silent poems began to speak eloquently through the young and the enthusiastic voices of boys and girls who were the winner of the Sri Lanka Festival for the Performing Arts.

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Encounters

The poetic universe of Pablo Neruda

[Part 2]

The fourth feature that lends distinctiveness to twenty love poems is the author’s characteristic way of handling nature. Indeed, this is a feature that marks much of his later poetry as well. He sees a close and mutually constitutive relationship between human beings and nature.

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Cultural scene

Social crusader in A Common Man

In this week’s column, we examine the role of social crusader played by The Man in the psycho-thriller, A Common Man by Chandran Rutnam. A Common Man is a Sri Lankan English movie which won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor awards at the Madrid International Film Festival.

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