Category: Editorial

Editorial State of the Blog

State of the Blog

By RotaractArts 0

Hey hey! Happy New Year everyone! It has been a while since you have heard from us and we thought we would give you a much-needed recap on how things have been on our end. The first half of the year was an absolute blast, and we have no hesitation in calling it a success story! We published just one short of 50 articles (so, 49!) of which 24 were for our first project, The Love Gazette where we explored the theme of love in all its glory. If we take a minute to reflect on the project, we would say the following, going into it we expected to look at love not just from a romantic point of view…

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Editorial Poems

you, an ocean

By RotaractArts 1

you are an oceanso deep and silentbaring all the chaoswithout any whineI hear you singwith the windyou forgiveunderstandloveunconditionallybut I am afraid thatone dayyou will get overwhelmedand release your thought tidesunexpectedlyjust like oceans do once in a while - Rtr. Bhagya Naranpanawa

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Editorial Poems

A Night of Revenge

By RotaractArts 0

Red paint splashed all over the room, Smell of salt and metal, Funny how one could almost think blood has been spilled tonight in a calm household. A guy on all fours, Begging, crying- "Not my Son, not him He's still eighteen" And a grim lover at the counter, Starring at the mess on the kitchen floor Flesh, and more "Red paint" Boom! The once pale body, laid on the floor Gives not a single twitch His Ken-doll lips - blue, now tainted with wet streaks of Red, A young man hovers over the broken pieces of a marble statue, Stands and walks back, A snail leaving dark trails of revenge, Sense of smug pride strewn across the white face,…

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Editorial Short Stories

Blame!? Him, Her or Him? – Part II

By RotaractArts 0

: An extract from a burnt letter. The thought that you are alone, even without a mother, an innocent boy struggling to stand up on his own with a BIG Zero in life killed me every time. I don't know how to explain the feelings I had all the time. He was with me in every step I took. He took me all around the city and got out the coward inside my alone, guilty self. I lived every single moment with him, getting burned inside. We were looking at the purple skies that create art all over the sky and how the mood stealthily enters to the sky in that twilight, which is the time you should never be…

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Editorial Short Stories

Blame!? Him, Her or Him?

By RotaractArts 0

: An extract from a burnt letter. ....ause I was scared, I might fell in love with you again. Please do not do refuse to see me. We should see each other one last time! At least come this time, of all times we missed! I missed. I never meant to let go of the love we shared for two years. I don't know whether to blame you or to me or to him, who was unaware of the things happened around me, even though he was with me all the time. This all started from the second semester that year and I... I was alone without the family, without you in a mischievous boarding house where no one cares…

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Editorial Poems

කවි දෙකක්, දෙන්නෙක්ට.

By RotaractArts 0

ඔහු තම පෙම්බර ළබැඳියටත් , ඔහුගේ ම යහපත් මිතුරියකටත් මෙසේ ලියා තිබුණි. ළබැඳියට, හදවත කැඩී සුන් වී ගිය එක දිනකකොහෙන් ආව සුරඟනක් ද ඔබ එදිනනෙතඟ කඳුළු බිඳුවක් නුඹ මෝදු කළඅලුත් හීනයක් දුන්නා මගෙ හිතට හැම දිනක් ගනින්නැතිනුඹ දකිනු රිසින් මංඑක දිනක් යෙදෙන්නැතිනුඹව දැකගත්ත මංමුනිවත ම රකින්නැතිගොළුවෙකුගෙ විලස ම මංකොහොම නම් කියන්න දනුඹට පෙම් කරමි මං යහපත් මිතුරියට, කටකාර කියවිල්ලනිමක් නෑ කනත් නෑඒත් නුඹෙ හිත හොඳයිමං තාම කිව්වෙ නෑකිසි දෙයක් කියන්නටබයක් නෑ වගක් නෑයහපත් ම මිතුරියටමිලක් නෑ කමක් නෑවිහිළුවට තහළුවටකෙළවරක් ඇත්තෙ නෑබණ කතා දෙසන්නටඊට වැඩි කෙනෙක් නෑලොකුකමයි පණ්ඩිතයිකමක් නෑ කමක් නෑමචං උඹ හොඳ එකීතරහ නෑ තරහ නෑ Rtr. කවීෂා හංසි

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Editorial Poems

Nature’s Blueprint: Balancing Laws and Wealth for a Greener Future

By RotaractArts 15

In a world where nature and mankind entwine, A tale of hope, where the sun and moon align. With laws that nurture, and economics keen, Sustainable development, the ultimate dream. Nature's canvas painted with hues so grand, Forests, oceans, deserts, earth's endless land. In the fragile balance, where ecosystems thrive, Laws stand as guardians, ensuring all life. Environmental laws, with purpose profound, Protecting the earth, with a watchful eye around. Air, water, and soil, they safeguard with care, For a world that's healthy, clean, and fair. But some may question, do these laws impede? The engines of growth, where industries lead. Yet herein lies a tale untold and true, Economics and nature, in harmony they brew. For sustainable development, the…

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Editorial Poems

Thoughts of the Flawed – II

By RotaractArts 0

We never knew each other heart to heart, Never talked much, My views being misguided by what I thought to be true. Yet, at the moment fire enveloped your resting soul, and the heat seeped into your dry flesh, And your body became charred and melted, Turned into ashes, We were closer than ever. When I breathed in the air filled with the smoke of your burned corpse, We were one unlike before . - Rtr. Vibhavee Sarathchandra

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Editorial Poems

නීල දෙණිපතක කවි සුළඟ

By RotaractArts 0

සුසුවඳ සුළඟේ - මල් මකරන්දේනීල දෙණිපතේ - සෙවණැලි යායේහීන පුරෝගෙන - සීත මකාගෙනගලනා ගඟුලැල්ලේ අහස් තොටුපළේ - වලා ඔරු තලේහීන දියඹරේ - හරිත තුරුල්ලේසෙනෙහෙ බෙදාගෙන - සිනා මවාගෙනගෙවෙනා දිවිගමනේ උණුසුම් උදයේ - තුරු හසරැල්ලේපිනි කඳුළැල්ලේ - දේදුනු යායේසුසුම දරාගෙන - තුටින් පිරීගෙනකියනා ගී මිහිරේ Rtr. කවීෂා හංසි

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Editorial Poems

Thoughts of the Flawed

By RotaractArts 0

When time comes to say goodbye, We cry to soothe the pain in our hearts, Am I less human because I shed no tears? We make no effort to see the living, Yet we find time to see the dead, Am I allowed to regret the lack of memories? The pain, the hurt, the emotional scars carved over decades, We forget them in a second, Am I foolish to repent over the mistakes of childhood? When Death visits and wraps his ghostly claws around my neck, Am I allowed to tell him no? Rtr. Vibhavee Sarathchandra

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