සෝමා

by Martin Wickramasinghe

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1922

About the author

The search for roots is the central theme in Martin Wickramasinghe’s writings on the culture and life of the people of Sri Lanka. He imaginatively explored and applied modern knowledge in natural and social sciences, literature, linguistics, the arts, philosophy, education, and Buddhism and comparative religion to reach beyond the superficial emotionalism of vulgar nationalism, and guide us to the enduring roots of our common national identity that exists in the folklife and folk culture of Sri Lanka...

Martin Wickramasinghe’s vision was primarily nurtured in the tolerant, humane, realistic attitude to life traditional to Buddhist folk culture. He valued the intellectual freedom and independence inspired by the Buddha’s ‘Kalama Sutta’ which he saw as a tradition to question tradition, not unlike the Western scientific attitude. Through his writings, he consistently opposed dogmatism, casuistry, elitism, and oppression in any form, be it cultural, religious, political or social.

His works have been translated and published in English, Hindi, Tamil, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Dutch, German, French and Japanese languages.

Reviews

[Chamodi Waidyathilaka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soma the eternal love’ is a literature romance novel written by Martin Wickramasinghe. This story revolves around three young people and their love triangle. Admen and Peter are twins, soma was their neighbour. In the beginning, the two families hated each without fair enough reason but because their ancestors hated each other. But none of these boundaries applied to the children of these two families. They watch each other growing up and while their secret friendship also began to grow stronger day by day. Admen always truly loved soma. But soma loved Peter. Then suddenly her father forces her to marry someone else. Someone she hates.—-- ‘Soma’ is a novel that shows family bonds, relationships, love and sacrifices.