Impressive performances

One of the significant aspects that lends to the understanding of the inner being of Daasa as well as a cultural and psychological premise to gauge the positions in which the characters are to be found, is in the arrival of the idol of God Ganesh or ‘Ganapathy’. Lechchami, a Hindu woman is shown to be extremely religious. However, rituals seem nonsensical to Daasa. He makes some changes to his daily routine to please Lechchami. For instance, he joins her in religious rituals. He thinks that she should consider it a great sacrifice.

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Stigmata on the crest of a wave

Anyone who is quite thorough with the Sri Lankan rock scene, especially heavy metal, cannot forget Stigmata, one of the leading heavy metal bands, that has topped the charts with its powerful music. Stigmata was launched in 1999 merely by three school mates of S. Thomas’s College, Mt. Lavinia. They are Suresh De Silva, Andrew Obeysekara and Tennyson Napoleon. Making it big in the rock scene was barely on their minds, but they wanted to form a band.

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John Keats's poetry :

Beautiful, brilliant but squeamish

John Keats’ Endymion, Lamia and Isabella stand out from the rest of his creations. He was unmatched among the male Romantics who opted to represent an erotic feel with a female as a visionary experience. Many men go through this experience when a woman they desire is unattainable. But where Keats was concerned, it was different owing to his feminine character that dominated his poetry.

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