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A short story- The Sinhala Avurudu Auspicious time-  අවුරුදු නැකත  By Dr Palitha Ganewatta, Sydney, Australia         Nayana stared at the clock on the wall and thought that time was passing very slowly today. She put two Pyrex dishes on the table after washing and wiping them with a white cloth hung on the pantry cupboard hook. A little after washing the rice-cooker she thought, it was still too early to cook the milk rice. The auspicious time for eating was at 1.46 a.m. and the cooking of the first meal would be 27 minutes past midnight. Nayana decided to plan for cooking the milk rice immediately after midnight. It was about an hour since she took some brown rice and the packet of ‘Maggie’ coconut milk, which she had bought from the Asian shop the day before and placed them on the table. Her worry was how to wake ...