Rajesh Khanna Enough has been already written about Bollywood legend Rajesh Khanna who said goodbye to this world yesterday. I remember Rajesh because of the song “Mere Spononki Rani” song he acted for the film Aradhana. The song is an unforgettable song in the Bollywood cinema. Most of us were introduced to Hindi songs with this song. Music for the ...
The Gypsies The Gypsies is a very creative pop band that was launched by the late Anton Perera, a confectioner from Moratuwa. The group was formed in 1969. The group became popular throughout the island with their song Kurumitto (dwarfs) which became an instant hit. They also released some other Sinhala pop songs like Dena Dena Weradi Karanawa, Umba ...
In this extremely hilarious discussion between the editor (Rowan Atkinson) and William Shakespeare (Hugh Laurie) where the drama Hamlet is being edited, you can learn who shortened the famous “to be or not to be…” part. Watch this. Worth watching.
I love to watch stage dramas. I had the pleasure of watching Maname, Sinhabahu, Uthure Rahula Himi and Guru Tharuwa in my 20’s and enjoyed them a lot. I had the same fresh feelings when I went to see the dramas Makarakshaya, Booruwa Mahaththaya and Debiddo recently but became very disappointed. My first complain is that the actors’ voices are ...
So, Rupavahini is doing it again. They are telecasting ‘Robin of Sherwood’ once again. I can’t remember how many times I have watched it. Still it looks so fresh and can watch like a brand new tele serial. Rupavahini’s Sinhala subtitled version is outstanding as it has been done under the guidance of late veteran Titus Totawatta. The way ...
I was looking for William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice book for the last two weeks to discuss it with a teacher of mine as both of us wanted to make use of our spare time. I looked with my friends and none had a copy. A short while ago I called Lake House bookshop in Anuradhapura and they said there ...
Isaac Asimov This is a very short yet very interesting short story written by Asaac Asimov, the science fiction writer. In the story, Dr. Phineas Welch, a scientist, brings back the great bard William Shakespeare to the modern times. Read the story to see what happened thereafter. THE IMMORTAL BARD by Isaac Asimov “Oh, yes,” said Dr. Phineas Welch, “I ...
I don’t blog in Sinhala for the simple reason that I don’t know how to handle Sinhala Unicode. But I love the language. I wish someone help me to type in Unicode. This is a Sinhala language article that appeared in the magazine Sevilla (1963.) Sine I think this is interesting read, thought of uploading a scanned version of the article. This is about Thomas Alva Edison. Enjoy! Page 1 Page 2
Abhi (my 3-year-old son) loves going to rice fields. He loves the experience as he can see different kinds of birds, frogs, dragonflies, crabs, etc. Since he loves going on motorbike, I took him to the fields on the motorbike. On the way we saw a mongoose and few peacocks. I had to stop the bike till they crossed the ...
SmartMarket Homepage It is the full page advertisements that catch the readers’ eyes than a classified ad in a tiny column. But these tiny ads mean a lot to those who seek for exact goods or services. Those who want to sell such goods and services also depend on classifieds as they cannot afford big advertisements. So, though the classifieds ...
Siththara If my memory is correct, I got used to chithrakatha (comics) even before I entered Grade 01. We didn’t have Montessoris during our time and there was less access to story books (except for some Russian story books my late father got from Russia) and the only reading material was the comic paper. “Siththara” was the most famous and ...
Revolution Under The Breadfruit Tree Gunadasa’ Liyanage’s “Revolution Under The Breadfruit Tree” is among one of the earliest English books I read. I had not started Horizon Lanka Foundation by the time I read this book. So, the book did inspire when I worked at Horizon Lanka up to some extent though my approach to community work was little different ...
I have a Dialog satellite TV connection at home since 2007. I prefer CNN, Al Jazeera and NDTV newscasts over anything else as I am a person who loves to see what is happening around the globe. What I enjoyed most was the Barrack Obama’s election run up to the presidency in 2008. It was that sensational. CNN covered it ...
I had the pleasure of reading Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by former United States President Bill Clinton. The book was published in 2007. The book is of full of information about well managed community projects. Clinton has studied a lot of NGOs and INGOs that are in the field of community service and included ...
The Facebook Effect I finished reading “The Facebook Effect” by David Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick covers the whole story behind Facebook since Mark Zuckerberg’s university days of starting Facebook up to 2010. The story is like a fairytale as the good old angel is always with Zuckerberg. There are no troublemaking dragons at all. Zuck is extremely talented and enormously lucky as ...
A Scene from Kusa-Paba I am not a regular moviegoer, nor am I a movie critic. But with my limited exposure to Sinhala cinema directors, I had taken a firm decision not to see any more of Professor Sunil Ariyaratne’s movies after watching Kristhu Charithaya (on TV) and Sudu Sevaneli (on big screen.) They were very feeble attempts of movie ...
I usually go to the same barber. The main reason for that is he trims my eyebrows as well without forgetting in addition to the mustache. I want to eyebrows also trimmed as they grow faster and fall on my eyes and it is very uncomfortable. The other barbers do it only if I ask them to and don’t do ...
