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HIGH FASHIONS
Sarees in candlelight in Australiaby Kirthi Sri Karunaratne
Even though it took place five months ago, on New Year’s Eve in fact, it is an occasion worthy of mention. The wedding took place in Melbourne, Australia of Sri Lankan Dirk David to Vanessa Grattidge of Australia at the Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, followed by a reception at the Leonda by the Yarra ballroom.Being the new year’s eve, the decor took the form of globules of silver paper cellophane and tulle, on stands, the stalks of which were draped in gold tissue and tulle. Candles flickered in candlebra on the tables nestling among white floral arrangements. The bride wore a beautiful bare shouldered dress in oyster satin, which had a full skirt and a detachable train. Her short tiered veil flowed off a high coiffure, adorned with rosebuds and her bouquet was in the form of a clutch of apricot toned roses and green leaves. She wore a collar necklace as jewellery.
The bridesmaids and the little maids dresses were in shot grey and pink. The bare shouldered top of pink lace on the grey fabric, had full skirts. A stole draped round the shoulders brought a feminine touch, which was most becoming. Their bouquets took the same form as the bride’s and was in the same shade of roses.
Sarees were much in evidence as they were worn by many friends and relations, but stealing the thunder from everyone was the mother of the groom, Vyvette, a one time popular model inspite of her petite figure. Her stunning saree of pale gold patterned Tanchoi silk had a border and pallu in a lovely shade of deep aquamarine, she wore in a graceful and unusual drape, with the pleats at the back and the fall draped in front in the Gujarati style. Her sleeveless draped blouse had a V neckline. A delicate aquamarine studded pendant and drop earrings completed the picture. The father of the groom was the one time star of the rugger world Frank David.
Style at Tea-time
High tea extended into cocktail time when Swarna Ameratunga celebrated her birthday at the Colombo Hilton. It was women only for tea at Tittle Tattle, with the men trickling in after six for hor d’oveures and champagne. As the evening stretched into twilight the women turned up in styles in high fashion.
Swarna for the occasion wore a saree of an unusual shade of pink, the Kandyan saree embroidered in the same shade of pink and subdued gold woven with ivory. The work was on the ‘ihe’ and the fall of the saree. Her jewellery was in gold and pearls and included drop pendant earrings.
The shaded grey saree Janaki Fernando wore of an embossed crepe silk had a design in a print in tones of brown and light and deep blue. She wore pearls for ornaments including a cluster in her chignon hairstyle.
Krishani Balasubramaniam too opted for a smoky blue grey organza saree patterned in a carpet of flowers shading to a lighter hue at the hemline and on the pallu.
Purple was the choice of both Ilika Karunaratne and Yoga Rodrigo. Ilika’s saree was in tie and dye patterning in white on it, and Yoga had gold stripes in a horizontal weave.
The Kandyan sarees Princey Weerasooria and Sita de Silva wore were striking in their total contrast. Princey’s saree was in a fish scale like design and border in pale amber on a deep green, while Sita’s saree was in a deep blue with subtle colour on it which made a harmonius impact from the silk collection from Barbara Sansoni.
Sinhala embroidery on a deep blue border in red, yellow, blue and white, Malinee Bodinagoda had on her white saree. The saree also had circular discs on the pallu. She wore a necklace of pearls.
A claret saree with a woven border in golden yellow was the choice of Lalana Amerasinghe. Her blouse had the border echoed at the edge of the sleeve.
Delightful colours combined in the outfits Pathma Maharaja and Tara Cooray wore. Pathma’s kameez shaded from grey to a daffodil yellow on the embossed fabric. The dupatta was in the yellow and she wore a necklace of pearls. Tara had lovely autumn tones painted on her pale old gold net kameez, with the dupatta too painted to match.
Simple Charm
The Ballroom of the Colombo Hilton was filled with music and song when Rumala de Silva was married to Nikira Gunatilake, at a poruwa ceremony, followed by a dinner reception. The beautiful sounds came from the Philarmonic Strings, with Menaka Fonseka singing. Her rendition of the perennial favourite Dhanno Bhudunge was much appreciated by the guests.
The bride wore a saree of off white organza with embroidered border and pallu in gold Zardosi and beads. Her veil flowed from behind, off a dainty floral headdress and the focal point of the outfit was a large bouquet of roses, baby’s breath and grass flowers. Her jewellery was in gold.
The bridesmaids and flower girls wore shot mauve which verged on grey at times and purple at others. The groom complemented the group by sporting a purple neck tie. The groom’s mother Swarnapali made a smart impression in her saree of a tea rose colour. The cloth of the Kandyan style had diagonal panels in a silvery weave of borders alternating with rows of floral motifs. The fall too had a similar design. She wore a single strand of pearls and a diamond necklace.
Among the guests was Sharmini Serasinghe, in a green and yellow kanchiveram, Sabera Esufali in a green gharara embroidered in panels of gold and Ranmali Mirchandani in a striking black silk saree with a unusual border in ovals of tan, yellow and white.
Story Director Sunil Kasthuriarachchi
Producer Sunil RathnayakeAt midnight in the highway of Colombo town there was a body of a beautiful actress who had died mysteriously. The middle-aged experienced, efficient Police Inspector is assisted by a young Sub - Inspector to detect the person responsible for the death of this beauty. Among the few suspects was a popular film producer who was a very close associate of the actress and who introduced her to the cinema world, and, also few underworld men, who kill people for a fee, and also a popular film actor who was friendly with the actress.
Although the police were trying their utmost they were still not able to get any evidence. Therefore, they were in a very difficult situation. The suspected film star who was legally married to a beautiful wealthy girl, had disappeared from his home in the early hours of the morning. The Sub-Inspector under the advice of the Chief Police Officer was able to find the missing actor and take him into custody with great effort. At the interrogation the suspect it was revealed was not directly involved with the murder. The Chief Police Inspector gave further advice to the Sub - Inspector how to find the culprit among the suspects.
Although the producer was closely associated with the deceased film star, it was revealed that he was out of Sri Lanka at the time of the film star’s murder. Now it is a problem as to who was responsible for the murder. Day by day it became a big problem. Due to the publicity of this incident by the media, the higher police officers instructed the Chief Inspector to take the suspects involved with the incident into custody.
Through very fine and accurate investigations, the Chief Inspector was able to take the murderer into custody and find out how this incident occurred. It was then revealed that this was a sacrifice of a father for the sake of his only daughter.
Behind this incident there is a mixture of honest friendship, father’s love, affection, fear and heroism. "APAHARANAYA" Teledrama depicts all these features.
Ranjith Rubasinghe who acts as Ravi in this Teledrama plays his part very efficiently.
Cletus Mendis, Ranjith Rubesinghe and Chamila Sajeewa.
By Cecil V. Wikramanayake
Have you ever observed that the fingers of a man and that of a woman are never the same? In most women, you will find that her index finger is longer than the ring finger, while in men, the ring finger is generally longer than the index finger.When a palm-reader looks at your palm, he is generally also looking at your fingers. And now scientists have discovered that the secrets of fertility may lie in the shape of the hands and fingers.
Men with symmetrical hands and long ring fingers, and women with long index fingers, they say, are more likely to bear children than others. This is what a research group at Liverpool university have come up with.
This seems to correlate with what palm-readers have been saying for years, but whereas palmists examine lines along the side of the hands, these scientists have found correlations between hand shape, finger length and fertility.
Dr. John Manning, who led the research at the university’s School of Biological Sciences, is of the view that men with mirror-image hands were more likely to have a high sperm count than those with two asymmetrical hands.
The researchers examined the hands of 60 men and 40 women who were attending an infertility clinic. Some had severe infertility problems, others were fertile partners of infertile patients.
Twelve of the least fertile men, who were producing almost no sperm, had the least symmetrical hands, with differences of over one-sixth of an inch in some measurements.
The link between hand shape and fertility might be explained by experiments on mice that found that a single gene, called Box, affects the digits as well as ovaries and testes. Scientists are now looking for a similar genetic link in humans.
Scientists have known for a long time, but have never been able to explain another well-documented sex difference that men tend to have ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers, whereas the reverse is usually the case in women.
Dr. Manning found that men whose ring finger is much longer than their index finger tend to have higher levels of testosterone, the male sex hormone which plays a role in fertility, than their counterparts with relatively similar index and ring fingers.
In women, a longer index finger is associated with higher levels of oestrogen and luteinising hormone, both of which are known to play a critical role in egg production.
Dr. Manning was of the view that more research was needed to establish relative finger lengths as a dependable indicator of fertility.
In a report in New Scientist, he has said that because hand shape traits are established in the womb, they could be linked to other developmental disorders like autism.
Some of the research team’s findings correspond with the techniques used by palm readers, and a leading practitioner of this science, in London, was of the view that most palm readers always examine the shape of a subject’s hand first. "The ring finger indicates the strength of one-on-one relationships, so it is indirectly linked to fertility," he said.
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