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Pravada Vol.8 No.4

PEACE WATCH: SETTLEMENT STABILITY: SOME ‘REALIST’ INSIGHTS Jayadeva Uyangoda 03 ENGAGING THE PEACE PROCESS, POLITICALLY Jayadeva Uyangoda 09 DILEMMAS OF A PEACE PROCESS Sunil Bastian

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Pravada Vol.8 No.3

PEACE WATCH Jayadeva Uyangoda 03 THE RHETORIC OF IMPOTENCE Adrian Wijemanne 10 ‘BENDING’ THE RULES Kalpana Sharma 12 SHAMING OF SHIROMI Jani de Silva 13

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Pravada Vol.7 No.7

AFTER THE ELECTIONS 01 WAS WOMEN’S VOTE THE SECRET WEAPON? 04 THE WORLD CAN’T BE SO EASILY DIVIDED Amartya Sen 06 LIBERALISATION AND POLITICAL DECAY

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Pravada Vol.7 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 04 LAND OF THE DISPLACED V.Suryanarayan 05 THE IMF AND CIVIL WAR IN SRI LANKA: Muttukrishna Sarvanathan 07 THE DRAFT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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Pravada Vol.7 No.3

THE WORK OF MONKS  BUDDHIST MONKS AND ETHNIC POLITICS H.L. Senevirane 04 REVIEW OF ‘THE WORK OF KINGS’ Bhikkhu Bodhi 09 AN ARMY OF MONKS?

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Pravada Vol.7 No.2

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SINHALESE-MUSLIM RIOTS OF 1915 05 CAPACITY BUILDING,ACCOUNTABILITY,AND HUMANITARIANISM Jennifer Hyndman and Malathi de Alwis 07 THE PERFECT WINDOW Gopalkrishna Gandhi 11

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Pravada Vol.6 No.11

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA: NOT SIMPLY AN ETHNIC CONFLICT Ram Manikkalingam 04 RE-BRANDING TOURISM IN SRI LANKA Muttukrishna Sarvananthan 05 PLAYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS AND

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Pravada Vol.6 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 WOMEN AND THE MILLENIUM Radhika Coomaraswamy 09 HISTORY AS DYNAMITE Michael Roberts

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Pravada Vol.6 No.5

TRIBUTES TO NEELAN NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 WHEN WILL IT ALL END? Kethesh Loganathan 05 A TRIBUTE FROM SSA 06 A FEMINIST SALUTE 07 A

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Pravada Vol.6 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA- AN ONGOING TRAGEDY Dilip Simeon 05 FOCUS ON CRICKET SEAMING TURFS Michael Roberts 06 THE THREE CYCLES OF SRI

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Pravada Vol.5 No.9

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 WOMEN WORKER & TWENTY YEARS OF LIBERALIZATION IN SRI LANKA W.D.Lakshman 04 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AFTER FIFTY YEARS Ashley Halpe 10 NATION-STATE

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Pravada Vol.5 No.8

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 Special Section on “For a Non-Nuclear South Asia” THE END OF IMAGINATION Arundhati Roy 06 GENOCIDAL MENTALITY Ashis Nandy 15 NUCLEAR

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Pravada Vol.5 No.7

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 CHARLES ABEYSEKERA 06 SOME REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENCE Charles Abeysekera 08 SRI LANKA AT FIFTY: Jayadeva Uyangoda 10 LOOKING AHEAD WITH ANXIETY

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Pravada Vol.5 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA’S CRISIS AND IT’S COMPLEXITIES Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 SPECIAL SECTION:PLANTATIONS IN CRISIS  TEA PLANTATIONS:A LONG-TERM STRATEGY P.P.Manikam 10 FUTURE OF

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Pravada Vol.5 No.2

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 THE DRAFT OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION Rohan Edirrisinha & Deepika Udagama 05 THE SINHALA KADUWA Darini Rajasingham Senanayake 15 ELECTRONIC MEDIA.

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Pravada Vol.5 No.1

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 LOCAL BODIES AS DOMAINS OF POWER Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 POLITICAL VIOLENCE, STRUCTURAL AMNESIA Sasanka Perera 11 GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR COMMUNICATIONS Robert

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Pravada Vol.4 No.9

NOTES AND COMMENTS 04 STATE AND NATION:THE NATION STATE AND THE STATE OF OUR NATION Adrian Wijemanne 06 TIGER WOMEN AND THE QUESTION OF WOMEN’S

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Pravada vol.4 No.8

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 THE POWER CRISIS:NATIONALIST MYTHS AND POLITICS Sunil Bastian 05 THE SRI LANKAN ETHNIC CRISIS IN THE LIGHT OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM Ameer

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Pravada Vol.4 No.7

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 THE CONTOURS OF A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT V. Rudrakmaran 05 PEACE AFTER THE MILITARY OCCUPATION Rev.Dr.S.J.Emmanuel 09 WHAT REMAINS 11 INDIAN ELECTIONS

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Pravada Vol.4 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 HATRED AND REVENGE KILLINGS Purnaka L. De Silva 06 PERCEPTIONS OF TRADITIONS Sasanka Perera 12 THE TRAGEDY OF THE ‘BORDER’ VILLAGES

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Pravada Vol.4 No.3

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 DEVOLUTION DEBATE: PRSPECTIVES FROM NORTH Rev.Dr.S.J.Emmanuel 05 SRI LANKA: ISSUES OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION Jayadeva Uyangoda 11 CHANDRIKA’S FEDERAL PACKAGE Partha S.

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Pravada Vol.4 No.2

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SUBALTERN CONFERENCE Quadri Ismail 04 THE PACKAGE AND ITS POLITICS Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 LIBERATION AND OTHER MISPERSPECTIONS Kenneth Mulder 08 HOME-LANDS,

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Pravada Vol.4 No.1

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 JUSTICE OR REVENGE Sunila Abeysekera 05 AI ON COMMISSIONS PROBING DISAPPEARENCES 08 SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC REFORM arjun Sngupta 11 FAILED PEACE TALKS

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Pravada Vol.3 No.11

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 PEACE: UNDERSTANDING OUR REALITY Rajan Hoole and K. Sritharan 05 PEACE PROCESS, DEVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS Neelan tiruchelvam 10 MEDIA IN

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Pravada Vol.3 No.10

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SUSTAINING THE PEACE PROCESS N.Shanmugaratnam 05 TRUTH COMMISSIONS: AN OVERVIEW 07 HOW SOCIETIES REMEMBER: Darini Rajasingham 12 FAMILY HISTORIES AS POST-COLONIAL

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Pravada Vol.3 No.7

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 USE OF STATE OWNED MEDIA Charles Abeysekera 05 THE BLAST & THE AFTERMATH Jayadeva Uyangoda 06 PROGRESSING THE PEACE PROCESS WITH

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Pravada Vol.3 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Sunil Bastian 05 THE STATE AND THE MARKET ECONOMY W.D Lakshman 10 TALKING ABOUT THE BODY IN RUMOURS OF

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Pravada Vol.3 No.5

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 FREE AND FAIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 05 ELECTION VIOLENCE 06 SRI LANKA’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Jayadeva Uyangoda 07 MORAL BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS Ram

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Pravada Vol.3 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 WOMEN AND THE ELECTION 06 OPEN LETTER TO POLITICAL PARTIES 08 ETHNICITY, ‘NATION’ AND STATE OF FORMATION J. Uyangoda 11 MONOPOLY

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Pravada Vol.3 No.3

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 REINVENTING SRI LANKAN STATE Jithendra Basnayake 04 ELLAALAN FORCE AND TAMIL CONSCIENCE? Sasanka Perera 06 FARMER SUICIDES J. Uyangoda and W.N.

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Pravada Vol.3 No.2

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 POLLS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE K. Loganathan 04 PROVINCIAL POLLS IN THE SOUTH: FOUR VIEWS Jayadeva Uyangoda 06 Sunil Bastian 09

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Pravada Vol.3 No.1

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 MASS GRAVES AT SUIYAKANDA 06 EXHUMATION OF MASS GRAVES: OBLIGATIONS AND PROCEDURES 08 SOCIETIES OF TERROR: ABSENCE OF A BODY AND

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Pravada Vol.2 No.10

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 NGO COMMISION AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS 05 ‘MARKET FRIENDLY’ POLICIES:AN APPRAISAL Lal Jayawardena 08 CONSOCIATIONAL DEMOCRACY Chris McDowell 17 SELECT COMMITTEE:THE FAILURE

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Pravada Vol.2 No.9

POEM: ALIEN 32 POEM: ALIEN 32 POEM: ALIEN 32 NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 MAKE PEACE NOT WAR Stanley J. Tambiah 06 SYNDICATED MOKSHA? Romila Thapar 10 BOMBAY RIOTS:A

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Pravada Vol.2 No.8

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA’S CRISIS:CONTRACTARIAN ALTERNATIVES Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 STRIKING PRINTERS Kumari Jayawardena 12 DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS:TRENDS IN SRI

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Pravada Vol.2 No.7

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 CRISIS OF SECULARISM Sarvapali Gopal 08 TO BELLOW LIKE A COW Radhika Coomaraswamy 13 GANDHIAN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN SRI LANKA Mithran

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Pravada Vol.2 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 BRIDGES ACROSS THE ETHNIC DIVIDE Stanley J. Tambiah 04 THE NATION IN SRI LANKAN TAMIL GATHERINGS IN BRITAIN E. Valentine Daniel

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Pravada Vol.2 No.5

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 THE NATIONAL QUESTION AND OBSTACLES TO PEACE IN SRI LANKA:SOME REFLECTIONS N. Shanmugaratnam 04 THE ETHNIC CRISIS:POLITICS DEVOID OF ECONOMICS Mano

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Pravada Vol.2 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 PREMADASA AS PRESIDENT:A POSTHUMOUS ASSESMENT Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 ECONOMICS OF THE PREMADASA REGIME 09 INFORM FIELD REPORT ON REFUGEES 16 SRI

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Pravada Vol.2 No.3

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 BECOMING AN NIE:A STRATEGY FOR SRI LANKA Lal Jayawardena 05 NATIONALISM, FEDERALISM AND REALISM Adrian Wijemanne 17 CASTE STRUGGLES IN NOTHERN

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Pravada Vol.2 No.2

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 OPEN ECONOMY IN SRI LANKA W.D. Lakshman 05 TOWARDS A STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON SOUTH ASIA Newton Gunasinghe 09 PUNISHING THE VICTIM

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Pravada Vol.2 No.1

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 1992-YEAR OF POLITICAL CONFUSION Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 GROWTH Vs. WELFARE POPULISM IN 1992 Sunil Bastian 11 HUMAN RIGHTS- 1992 A DISMAL

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Pravada Vol.1 No.12

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 TEACHER’S ROLE IN ETHNIC CONFLICT- II Sasanka Perera 04 IDENTITY, AUTHORITY, AND FREEDOM Edward Said 12 POLITICS OF REPRODUCTION Sharon Stephens

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Pravada Vol.1 No.11

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA’S ETHNIC WAR:THE MUSLIM DIMENSION Ameer Ali 05 CIVIL WAR AND WOMEN OF JAFFNA Stanley J. Tambiah 08 DISUNION NOW:

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Pravada Vol.1 No.10

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 NAM IN A CHANGING GLOBAL CONTEXT: Saman Kelegama 05 LINGUSITIC ETHNO-NATIONALISM: Stanley J. Tambiah 08 WHITE WOMEN, ARRACK FORTUNES AND UDDHIST

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Pravada Vol.1 No.9

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 THIRD WORLDISM Anila Cherian, Shan Manikkalingam and Robin Varghese 06 RELIGION, ETHNICITY & PERSONAL IDENTITY Nighat Said Khan 08 ON STATE,

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Pravada Vol.1 No.8

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 COMMUNALISM AND THE PRESS N.Ram 04 HATE SPEECH Sunil Abeyesekara and Kenneth L. Cain 08 MEDIA UNDER ATTACK 13 FREEDOM OF

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Pravada Vol.1 No.7

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 VOODOO IN POLITICS Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 BOYS WILL BE BOYS Qadri Ismail 06 TIGERIST CLAIMS: A CRITIQUE Ram Manikkalingam 11 MASSACRES

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Pravada Vol.1 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 YET ANOTHER UNP FILIBUSTER Qadri Ismail 05 THE WEVA, THE DAGABA AND THE HOTEL Pradeep Jeganathan 07 THE SWAMI AND THE

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Pravada Vol.1 No.5

BANNING THE LTTE 03 SUB – JUDICE? Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 MAY DAY! MAYDAY!! Charles Abeysekera 07 THE RE – MAKING OF VESAK 08 WESAK EDITORIAL

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Pravada Vol.1 No.4

RE-POLITICIZING THE ETHNIC QUESTION 01 LETTERS  03 TIGERISM Ram Manikkalingam 06 REFLECTIONS ON FEAR Gameela Samarasinghe 09 GENDER AGENDA Khema Rodrigo 10 OF RURAL HEROINES

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Pravada Vol.1 No.3

THE PEACE OFFENSIVE 01 ‘THERE CAN BE NO MILITARY SOLUTION….’ 03 THONDAMAN BASHING 05 IN DEFENCE OF A POLITICAL SOLUTION 09 OUT OF THE IMPASSE

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Pravada Vol.1 No.2

TOWARDS OPENNESS IN ECONOMIC POLICY MAKING 01 BLACK AND WHITE 03 THONDAMAN PROPOSALS: WHAT NEXT? 05 THE BANK, THE FUND AND THE REST OF US

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Pravada Vol.1 No.1

SAARC VI 01 TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORMS 02 STATEMENT BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 04 IMPEACHMENT AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS 06 THE COSMIC DANCE 09 THROUGH

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