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Yakada Veta

Sinha Wickramasinghe

“I thought all my tears are over during the period of five years spent in Welikada prison. But I simply realized tears won’t end just like fountains. If there was love among us, these metal fences would never have existed.”

Such is how passages run in Sinha Wickramasinghe’s ‘Yakada Veta’. Sinhala Wickramasinghe had made use of his experience in various government institutions: Wildlife Department and Timber Corporation. He had then succumbed to unemployment because of getting involved in trade unionism. His brief tenure of five years in Batticoloa had been of immense assistance in penning this novel.

Anathuruvalin Obe Daruva Rekaganna

Dr Vijaya Godakumbura

Children are always capable of succumbing to emergency accidents. Adults’ responsibility is to prevent and protect the children from such injuries. Dr Godakumbura is a renowned personality who had done much work in this area with several publications and global awards.

Each chapter of the book ends with a set of instructions and tips on avoiding children from injuries.

Purasanda Sema

Ariyawansa Kulathilaka

Some love stories are Samsara-bound. There might be Samsara-bound lovers too.

There are some who refute the rebirth concept as well as who accept it. What is clear is there is a world we would not simply understand as mortals.

Sinhala journalist Ariyawansa Kulathilaka showed interest in writing since his childhood. His ‘Punchittai Poditthai, Punchi Valakulai’ won the Youth Award in 2001. Purasanda Sema, his third novel, is an attempt to investigate the nature of human mind.