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Friday, September 18, 2015

SINHALESE QUOTE FROM THE WEB

"A INDIGENT FAMILY" (1865) A FAMOUS PAINTING OF YESTERYEAR FRENCH ARTIST WILLIAM ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU

ARTISTS SHOULD REPRESENT THE COMMON PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY ,NOT ONLY TO ENTERTAIN THE RICH PEOPLE.THIS FAMOUS YESTERYEAR PAINTING OF FRENCH ACEDEMIC PAINTER WILLIAM ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU HAS SHOWN A POOR FAMILY OF HIS ERA.A GOOD ARTIST SHOULD ALWAYS WITH THE PEOPLE AND SHOULD FEEL THEIR HEARTBEAT AS HIS/HER OWN.ALSO SHOULD NOT PLAY WITH OTHERS FEELINGS.PERSONALLY I LOVE THIS ART AS IT PORTRAYS POVERTY OF THE SOCIETY.

An Author Like Great Martin Wikramasinghe Is Hard To Find From Today's Society-Prime Minister

BMICH

An author like Great Sinhalese Novelist Late Martin Wikramasinghe is hard to find from today's society Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe has said today(18)."If late martin wikramasinghe is here today the Education ministry will strangle him" according to the prime minister .

Speaking to media after the inauguration ceremony of 17th Annual International Book Exhibition at BMICH in Colombo today(18)the prime minister has said a country cannot be developed if there are no good books to read

There should be a debate on books the prime minister has further said.

President Sirisene To Implement Capital Punishment From Next Year If Parliament Gives Consent

Pressident Maithripala Sirisene has said today(18) he expects to implement the Capital Punishment from next year if the Parliament gives the consent.

Under the 1978 constitution the Executive President can implement the capital punishment and all he needs to do is put his signature to approve it.However President Sirisene has said that he wants the opinion of legislators when implementing the capital punishment.

President while addressing a meeting held today at Galle(Southern Sri Lanka) has stressed that if he put his signature to implement capital punishment without getting parliament approval human rights groups will intervene the scene on humanitarian grounds,

President's remarks on capital punishment came amidst society 's appeal to implement it to prevent child rapes .President has stated the many in the society were shocked due to the murder of the five year old girl Seya Sadewmini In Gampaha District and wants to do justice for her by implementing capital punishment .