Digitally Handicapped in Beijing
Thursday, July 13, 2000
Thursday, July 13, 2000
Had a walk with my Nepali roommate, Bishnu. Whenever I walk outside, square faced Chinese girls laugh either with me or at me. (A little of both, I suppose.)
Saw a Chinese opera in the evening. It reminded me of Prof. Sarachchandra's "Maname" and "Sinhabahu." They displayed English subtitles of the opera on a digital screen. After listening to the comments made by the people about the opera what came into my mind was "We have all these in our country. We don't have a proper system to preserve them and show the world how culturally rich we are. If the people in the west can see our Naadagam, Kolam, acrobatics, etc. they will really appreciate them. We have many things in our villages. If I can get a digital camera I'll be able to do many things in Sri Lanka. But how digitally handicapped am I?
Saw a Chinese opera in the evening. It reminded me of Prof. Sarachchandra's "Maname" and "Sinhabahu." They displayed English subtitles of the opera on a digital screen. After listening to the comments made by the people about the opera what came into my mind was "We have all these in our country. We don't have a proper system to preserve them and show the world how culturally rich we are. If the people in the west can see our Naadagam, Kolam, acrobatics, etc. they will really appreciate them. We have many things in our villages. If I can get a digital camera I'll be able to do many things in Sri Lanka. But how digitally handicapped am I?
With Square Faces in Beijing ....
