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 10
REFUGEES: THERE POTENTIAL AS A FORCE FOR RECONCILIATION AND PEACE Rohini Hensman 11
REVOLT IN THE TEMPLE Corpus Delecti 16
THE TWO FACES OF THE MEDIA COMMISSION BILL Ajith Samaranayakae 17
HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOREIGN AID Charles Abeysekera 19
DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY: THE DEBATE 20
DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS & DEVELOPMENT: EMERGING ISSUES Sunil Bastian 24
PEACE- THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE Aradhika Coomaraswamy 27
IMPRESSIONS OF BATTICALOA BACK TO ‘NORMAL’ Kumudini Samuel 28
SOME CONTEMPORARY DEBATES ON ALTERNATIVE CINEMAS Laleen Jayamanne 31
SIX BLUE MONTHS IN KOTTE Vinod Moonesinghe 35