Sinhala literature was one of my favorite subjects that I studied in school. Literature creates creative as well as sensitive people. When we studied Sinhala literature in school we came across poems, stories etc. of different tastes. Meanwhile Nonimi Siththama short story is one of the story that touched my heart the most. It is an excerpt from K. Jayathilaka's collection of Nonimi Siththama short stories. The main character in that story is Asanga. Malani is his wife who met him at Asanga's Art class and he fell in love with his student Malani. At that time he drew a painting of Malani and he couldn't finish it. Asanga is a talented painter and Malani can also draw to some extent. But society accepts the useless, not the talented. So the story ends with Asanga becoming a businessman and Malani stealing his unfinished painting and becoming a famous artist. But Asanga endured everything and remained quiet. Scam, love and society kill great artists. I also love to be an artist and it's my dream. But the day I read this story, I was scared for the first time about my future. Is this really the fate of the artist in the society? Somehow by the time I finished reading this story I started to fall in love with Asanga a lot. But I hated Malani and this society. I would like to be an artist like Asanga only if people like Malini and this society change. I never want to be an artist in a place like that.
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