23

Frid

ay 5th

Ma

rch,2010

Frid

ay 5th

Ma

rch,2010

by R

och

elle

Pa

lipa

ne

Gu

na

ratn

e

March

in S

ri Lan

ka is w

hen

the papare

bands,brigh

tly hu

ed flags and th

e un

cen-

sored school -cricket jokes com

e out of

hibern

ation.B

ig match

fever reaches every part of

the cou

ntry irrespective of

caste or creed.Man

yold boys residin

g overseas cann

ot resist the u

rge tobe w

here th

e action is.T

he daw

n of

the respective

match

es draw crow

ds from to an

d fro… its yells,

roars,cat calls and w

histles often

drives boys tobeh

ave as men

and viz-a-viz.

Th

e teams are rarin

g to go and give th

eir bestsh

ot at win

nin

g or drawin

g the gam

e.Losin

g is not

even on

the cards.

Th

e pioneers of

the ‘B

ig match

,”R

oyal & S

TC

paved the w

ay for man

y battles and in

one case a

lovers quarrel .T

he w

eaponry in

cludes bat an

dball.H

itherto u

nh

eard ofch

anges h

ave reached

dizzying levels w

ith th

e dawn

ofF

acebook an

doth

er social utility sigh

ts mak

ing th

e battle a virtu-

al possibility.C

ertain tradition

s have been

relegated to mem

-ory;A

certain radio sh

ow h

ost comm

ented on

the

dearth of

the ‘T

RU

CK

S!’T

ruck

loads ofsch

ool boysw

ould literally w

alk or ju

mp in

to girls schools for

hat collection

s and w

hat th

e mon

ey was u

tilised for

..well,m

y guess is as good as you

rs.A

few years back

,the tru

ck posed a secu

rityth

reat and it w

as bann

ed.Sacrifices w

ere made an

dtradition

ruled above safety.

In th

e past,boys wou

ld be brandish

ing th

eir

flags from cars,sch

ool buses an

d vans bu

t it is fastbecom

ing a rare sigh

t.Th

e excuse seem

s to be the

blazing h

eat wh

ich preven

ts folks from

openin

gth

eir vehicle sh

utters,optin

g for the com

fort ofth

eA

C ! U

nderstan

dable,excusable …

.Sad n

everthe-

less ! A

t the tim

e ofprin

t,the battle of

the N

orth –

between

St.Joh

n’s C

ollege and C

entral C

ollege was

held an

d so was th

e Th

urstan

vs.Isipatana m

atch.

Th

ereafter,Th

e Battle of

the M

aroons – A

nan

davs.N

alanda.

Battle of

the S

aints – S

t.Joseph’s C

ollege vs.St.

Peter’s C

ollegeT

he h

ill capital have th

eir own

battles B

attle ofth

e Blu

es between

Trin

ity College an

dS

t.An

thon

y’s College.

Battle of

the M

aroons – K

ingsw

ood vs.D

harm

araja.B

attle ofth

e Blu

es – St.T

hom

as’College,

Matara vs.S

t.Servatiu

s ‘ College ,M

atara.R

ichm

ond C

ollege Galle vs.M

ahin

da College is

the on

ly match

referred to as a ‘Lover’s Q

uarrel!’

Fou

ght w

ith bat an

d ball these battles or qu

ar-rels h

ave become an

integral part of

our tradition

-al even

ts un

iting gen

erations in

celebration.A

period wh

en th

e youn

g make m

emories w

hilst th

eold relive days gon

e by.A tim

e for nostalgia an

dadren

alin pu

mpin

g excitemen

t.Let th

e battlesbegin

!!!

Th

e S

mell

The sm

ell of flo

wers: jasm

ine o

r rose

Brin

gs sen

se satisfying o

ur n

ose,

The p

etals do sh

rink an

d th

en fall

Show

ing reality to

big

and sm

all.

Flow

ers blo

om

show

ing th

eir beau

tyAnd h

elp m

an fo

r man

y a duty,

Eith

er in a d

esert or fertile so

ilW

ith th

eir scent, th

e air, they d

o fill.

The sm

ell of th

e good m

an can

gen

erateEven

thro

ugh th

e rocks it can

pen

etrate U

pon b

arren o

r fertile land it can

dw

ellAnd b

eyond h

orizo

ns it can

easily travel.

Yet.. the sm

ell of th

e good is very rare,

As seed

of evils is so

wn everyw

here,

Flow

er and m

an - n

ature’s creatio

nW

hy th

en m

an fo

rgets th

is relation !

A. Ja

yala

th B

asn

ag

od

a

My L

ove

My love sails o

n b

lue w

aters.Blu

e waters o

f your h

eart.M

y love dan

ces on th

e win

d.

The w

ind o

f your so

ul.

My love is a tru

e reflection.

Reflectio

n o

f your eyes.

My love w

ill live forever.

In yo

ur b

ody an

d so

ul.

LC

To

geth

er

My love ab

ounds th

rough th

e distan

t starsW

ith yo

u b

y my sid

e we w

ill soar

Touch

ing n

ew w

orld

s of w

onder

Endlessly exp

lorin

gFo

rever loving

Hearts in

tertwin

edSharin

g fate

True love

LivesP

riya

Angelo

s Sikelian

os w

as aG

reek poet b

orn

in 2

8M

arch, 1

884 in

Lefkada,

or Leu

cas, a Greek islan

d in

the Io

nian

Sea o

n th

e west

coast o

f Greece. H

e spen

t his

child

hood h

ere as well. In

1900 h

e entered

the Law

Sch

ool o

f Ath

ens , b

ut d

id n

ot

grad

uate. T

he n

ext years he

travelled exten

sively and

devo

ted h

imself to

poetry.

In 1

907, h

e married

Am

erican b

orn

Eva Palm

er,w

ho w

as at the tim

e anarch

aeolo

gy stu

den

t in Paris.

They m

arried in

Am

erica an

dm

oved to

Ath

ens in

1908.

Durin

g th

at perio

d,

Sikelian

os cam

e in co

ntact w

ithG

reek intellectu

als, and in

1909 h

e publish

ed h

is first col-

lection o

f poem

s, Alafro

ískïoto

s(T

he Lig

ht-S

had

ow

ed), w

hich

had

an im

med

iate impact an

dw

as recognized

by critics as an

importan

t poetic w

ork. H

e alsobefrien

ded

fellow

writer N

ikos

Kazan

tzakis and in

1914 th

eysp

ent fo

rty days o

n M

ount

Ath

osM

ount visitin

g m

ost o

fth

e monasteries th

ere and liv-

ing th

e life of ascetics. T

he fo

l-lo

win

g year th

ey embarked

on

a pilg

rimag

e thro

ugh G

reece.

In M

ay 1927, w

ith th

e sup-

port o

f his w

ife, Sikelian

os h

eldth

e ‘Delp

hic Festival,’ as p

art of

his g

eneral effo

rt tow

ards th

erevival o

f the “D

elphic Id

ea”.Sikelian

os b

elieved th

at the

prin

ciples w

hich

had

shap

edth

e classic Ancien

t Greek civili-

sation, if reexam

ined

, could

offer sp

iritual in

dep

enden

cean

d serve as a m

eans o

f com

-m

unicatio

n am

ong p

eople.

The even

t consisted

of

Olym

pic G

ames, a

concert o

f Byzan

tine

music, an

exhib

ition

of fo

lk art as well as

a perfo

rman

ce of

Prom

etheu

s Bound

It becam

e verysu

ccessful an

ddesp

ite lack of state

assistance, it w

asrep

eated th

e follo

w-

ing year. T

he revival

was th

en p

erma-

nen

tly aban

doned

due to

the excessive

costs o

f org

anizin

git. In

honour o

f the

mem

ory o

f Angelo

s

and E

va Sikelian

os, th

eEuro

pean

Cultu

ral Cen

tre of

Delp

hi b

ought an

d resto

redth

eir house in

Delp

hi, w

hich

isto

day th

e Museu

m o

f Delp

hic

Festivals.Eva Palm

er left for th

eU

nited

States, an

d S

ikelianos

married

Anna K

araman

i.D

urin

g th

e Germ

an o

ccu-

patio

n, h

e becam

e a source o

fin

spiratio

n to

the G

reek peo

-ple, esp

ecially thro

ugh h

issp

eech an

d th

e poem

that h

erecited

at the fu

neral o

f the

poet K

ostis Palam

as to

save

the lives o

f Greek

Jews b

y appealin

gdirectly to

the

Germ

ans. T

he let-

ter was sig

ned

by

man

y pro

min

ent

Greek citizen

s indefen

se of th

eJew

s who w

erebein

g p

ersecuted

.There is n

o sim

ilardocu

men

t of

pro

test again

st the

Nazis d

urin

g W

orld

War II th

at has

com

e to lig

ht in

any o

ther

Euro

pean

country.

In 1

949, h

ew

as a Nobel

Laureate fo

rLiteratu

re. He d

iedaccid

entally an

dtrag

ically in A

then

sin

June, 1

951.

PPooeett pprrooffiillee

Co

mp

iled

by D

ilan

thi Ja

yam

an

ne

AngelosSikelianos

SeekersSoul

Tren

ds chan

ge from season

to

season, resu

lting in

us ren

o-

vating ou

r wardrobes on

a reg-

ular basis. T

hou

gh w

e enjoy th

e

thrill of

new

clothes, ou

r wallets cer-

tainly don

’t. Lu

ckily, basic pieces

like a nicely fitted blazer an

d a black

skirt w

on’t go ou

t ofstyle so th

ey

are essential for every closet. B

asic

pieces give you th

e opportun

ity to

then

add personality w

ith acces-

sories and low

er-cost items.

Incorporatin

g trends in

to your basic

pieces will n

ot only save you

mon

ey

but you

’ll always be in

style.

Here a

re th

ree w

ay

s o

n

ho

w to

use

five b

asic

pie

ces:

1. A fitted blazer

2. A w

hite dress sh

irt

3. Dark

denim

jeans

4. A little black

dress

5. A black

skirt

Work

-

Frie

ndly

: D

ressing u

p

for work

doesn’t

have to be bor-

ing. T

op a styl-

ish pen

cil skirt

with

a crisp

wh

ite button

-

front sh

irt. Tu

ck

a colourfu

l silk

scarfu

nder th

e

collar to get into

the prep look

.

Take a fu

n sk

irt

from casu

al to

professional by

adding a fitted blaz-

er.

Durin

g th

e D

ay:

Take advan

tage of

the fact th

at jeans go

with

everythin

g and

pair them

with

a new

,

trendy top an

d

some crazy sh

oes. Wear

a wh

ite dress shirt

un

der a kn

itted vest

or layer it with

a

brightly colou

red

cami an

d some fu

n

neck

laces.

Even

ing

Apparel:

Wear a spark

ly,

fun

ky top w

ith a basic jacket an

d

jeans for a tren

dy but ch

ic look. O

r

try a neu

tral blazer over a form fit-

ting little black

dress to not on

ly

keep you w

arm bu

t also lookin

g put

together.

by D

ilan

thi J

aya

ma

nn

e

Th

e movie did n

ot godow

n th

at well in

India

wh

en it w

as released in2006 despite it bein

g a Sh

ahR

uk

h K

han

film.It w

as prob-ably du

e to the con

troversialth

eme of

an extra m

aritalaffair payin

g off.Th

e film is

‘Kabh

i Alvida N

aa Keh

na

(Never S

ay Good B

ye).D

irected by Karan

Johar

and produ

ced by Dh

arma

Produ

ctions w

ith A

mitabh

Bach

chan

,Sh

ahru

kh

Kh

an,R

ani

Mu

kerji,Preity Z

inta,A

bhish

ekB

achch

an an

d Kirron

Kh

er starring in

it.D

ev happen

s to meet M

ayarigh

t before her w

edding

to Rish

ian

d despite being total stran

gersth

ere is a hidden

conn

ectionbetw

een th

e two (probably a

sansaara con

nection

) that fou

ryears later w

hen

they

meet a secon

d time its im

possibleto preven

t an affair betw

een th

etw

o.M

eanw

hile,D

ev has sign

ed acon

tract for US

dollar five million

to play professional foot-

ball.Bu

t,fate has it,h

e ish

it by a car and is dis-

abled for life.It ends h

is football careeran

d Rh

ea,his w

ife is left to fend for th

efam

ily.Dev is left an

embittered

man

with

no h

ope ofa brigh

ter futu

re.W

hen

Maya m

eets Dev a secon

dtim

e she fin

ds him

a bitter man

with

afailed career an

d failing m

arriage.M

aya’s life with

Rish

i seems to be n

obetter.R

ealising th

at the tw

o (Dev an

dM

aya) are similar situ

ations th

eydecide to assist each

other to repair

their failin

g marriages.T

hin

gs do not

work

quite as expected,h

owever,an

dth

ey become m

ore and m

ore drawn

toeach

other.A

t the sam

e time,R

ishi an

dR

hea are w

orkin

g to keep their m

ar-riages afloat.H

owever,th

eir efforts arein

significan

t in th

e face ofM

aya and

Dev’s in

tense u

nh

appiness in

their m

ar-riages an

d their grow

ing love for each

other.If

you h

ave not w

atched th

is movie

wh

ich h

as one of

the greatest collection

ofson

gs like its them

e song ‘K

abhi

Alvida N

aa Keh

na,’‘M

itwa,’

‘Wh

ere’sT

he P

arty Ton

ight,’an

d ‘Tu

mh

i Dek

ho

Naa,’after all th

ese years I am goin

g toleave you

to dig it out from

a DV

D store

and do so.It’s n

ot ‘Ku

ch K

uch

Hota

Hai,’or ‘K

al ho N

aa ho,’bein

g set insim

ilar surrou

ndin

gs and

a roman

tic drama bu

t itsstill tou

chin

g owin

g toth

e acting capabilities of

its star cast.

KANK

REELView

St.C

ecilia’s Ch

oir ofS

t.Joseph

’s College created h

is-tory w

hen

they tou

red the

Holy L

and recen

tly on a pilgrim

-age an

d singin

g assignm

ent.

Th

eJoseph

ian ch

oral ensem

ble com-

prising boys betw

een th

e ages of12 to 18 san

g at Eu

charistic

Services an

d other litu

rgical exer-cises captu

ring th

e hearts of

hu

n-

dreds ofpilgrim

s in B

ethleh

em,

Nazareth

,Can

a,Mou

nt of

Beatitu

des in Jeru

salem.

Th

e boy Sopran

os,Altos blen

d-in

g exquisitely w

ith th

e matu

reT

enor an

d Bass voices of

senior

singers m

oved man

y to tears asth

ey sang before large crow

ds offaith

ful from

Eu

ropean an

dA

merican

coun

tries inC

hristian

ity’s most ch

erished

shrin

es.T

he ch

oir sang at M

asses

in C

ana,G

arden of

Geth

saman

e and on

Mou

nt C

alvary wh

ile also re-tracing th

epath

taken by Jesu

s with

appropriatech

ants,h

ymn

s,canticles an

d anth

ems.

As th

e choristers en

tered the Israeli

soil from th

e North

ern boarder from

Jordan to begin

the pilgrim

age,they

were invited by th

e mem

bers ofth

eIsraeli boarder secu

rity officials to sing.

Ren

dering th

e ancien

t Hebrew

chan

tH

AS

HIV

EN

U in

rich h

armon

y they

earned an

enth

usiastic applau

se fromofficials at th

e boarder post.A

t the B

asilica ofth

e Cru

cifixion,

wh

ere they w

ere specially invited by the

priest in ch

arge to sing

before a large group of

pil-grim

s,the ch

oir appropriatelysan

g Han

dels’Hallelu

iah ch

o-ru

s mak

ing people of

diversen

ations applau

d and em

braceth

e singers as if

overtaken by

rapturou

s ecstasy.A

fter the boat ride across th

eS

ea ofG

alilee,the Joseph

ians

entertain

ed the visitors an

d staffat th

e Kibu

tz Hotel w

ith th

e lusty

rendition

ofItalian

boat sang

San

ta Lu

cia harm

oniou

sly,gainin

gall rou

nd applau

se.T

he h

ighligh

t ofth

e tour w

asth

e audien

ce the ch

oir had w

ith H

isB

eatitude M

ost Rev.

Arch

bishop D

r.F

ouad T

wal,th

e Patriach

ofJeru

salem in

the old city.

Th

ere they

presented a sh

ort concert at w

hich

the

mem

ber ofIsraeli P

arliamen

t fromN

azareth too w

as present.

Th

e choir

with

the ren

dition of

Sin

hala,E

nglish

and L

atin com

positions w

on great adm

i-ration

ofth

e Patriarch

wh

o han

dsomely

rewarded th

e youn

g singers w

ith a gen

-erou

s gift.F

or the Joseph

ians,th

e entire H

olyL

and tou

r enabled th

em to acqu

ireinvalu

able organization

al skills as w

ellas m

usical an

d spiritual gain

s wh

ichu

ndou

btedly will stan

d in great stead

for the you

ng stu

dents m

any years to

come.

by Ifh

am

Niza

m

Sri L

ank

a with

her rich

biodiversityis n

ot only fam

ous for in

land species

but m

arine species as w

ell.Needless

to say,Sri L

ank

a is the on

ly coun

tryw

here w

ithin

a short distan

ce one cou

ldw

itness both

giants on

earth,eleph

ant

and w

hale.B

e that as it is.ou

r topic forth

is week

is on dolph

ins.

Watch

ing dolph

ins is becom

ing on

e ofth

e hot favou

rites amon

g both locals an

dforeign

ers.T

his article w

ould focu

s on a few

details about th

e man

’s best marin

efrien

d.Needles to say,w

atchin

g Pin

kD

olphin

s in K

alpitiya is becomin

g a mu

st

amon

geveryon

e,and in

the recen

t pastm

any foreign

ers had com

e to Sri L

ank

ato w

atch th

ese beautifu

l anim

als.L

ong sn

outed spin

ner (S

tenella lon

-girostris) is probably th

e most abu

ndan

tof

Sri L

ank

a’s marin

e mam

mals,an

d isoften

seen from

the beach

es ofN

egombo

and K

irinda.T

hese species reach

about

two m

eters in len

gth,w

ith a lon

g snou

tan

d dark stripe from

the eye to th

e flip-pers.S

tripped dolphin

(Sten

ella coeruleoal-

ba) grows to 2.7 m

eters and h

as a promi-

nen

t stripe from th

e eye to the an

al area,separatin

g a bluish

grey cap from w

hite

un

der parts.T

he P

antropical spotted dolph

in(S

tenella atten

uata) is sligh

tly smaller,

with

wh

ite un

der parts and a dark

capeflecked w

ith w

hite.

Pin

k d

olp

hin

s o

fK

alp

itiya

Th

ese dolphin

s are seen regu

larlyw

here th

e extensive P

uttalam

lagoonen

ters the open

sea.Wildlife celebrity

and popu

lar natu

ralist,Geh

an de S

ilvaW

ijeyeratne w

ho is also th

e Jetwin

g Eco

Holidays C

hief

Execu

tive Officer,says

that P

ink

dolphin

s are correctly kn

own

as the In

do-Pacific H

um

pback D

olphin

.T

his is th

e only cetacean

–the scien

tificorder in

wh

ich w

hales an

d dolphin

s arecategorised- k

now

n to en

ter lagoons in

Sri L

ank

a,says Geh

an,w

ho is a frequ

ent

visitor to the area an

d involved in popu

-larisin

g dolphin

watch

ing.

How

ever,this dolph

in is a little stu

d-ied an

imal abou

t wh

ich very little w

ask

now

n u

ntil recen

tly and for th

e fisher-

men

ofK

alpitiya it is no stran

ger.A

ccording to G

ehan

,the dolph

ins are

not totally pin

k,bu

t they sh

ow en

ough

pink

.How

ever,at the level of

a species,th

e Indo-P

acific Hu

mpback

Dolph

in or

Sou

sa chin

ensis,can

become alm

ost total-ly pin

k as th

ey do in th

e water arou

nd

Hon

g Kon

g.T

he su

b species foun

d in S

ri Lan

kan

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