Pravada Vol.4 No.10 & 11 (Double Issue)

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03
MEDIA COMMITTEE REPORTS-AN OVERVIEW Ravi John 05
REPORT ON BROADBASING THE OWNERSHIP OF ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS OF CEYLON LTD. 09
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REFORMS TO LAWS AFFECTING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 10
GENDER ISSUES 
IENNE GOONEWARDENA:”LA PASIONARIA” OF SRI LANKA Kumari Jayawardena 16
SELINA PERERA-THE FORGOTTEN SOCIALIST MILITANT Hector Abeywardena 19
SISTERS IN ARMS:THE EKSATH KANTHA PERAMUNA Neloufer de Mel & Ramani Muttetuwegama 22
REMEMBERING HEDI 27
WOMEN IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT:’HERSTORY’ OF RESISTANCE Mangalika De Silva 29
JAIL FOR PICKETTING 31
THE ISSUES AT STAKE IN THE HUSSAIN AFFAIR Romila Thpar 32
CRISIS IN SRI LANKA:IS THERE A WAY OUT?DESSCENT FROM A MODEL ASIAN DEMOCRACY TO CHRONIC VIOLENT CONFLICT Devanesan Nesiah 34
CYCLE OF TIME:REGENERATION AND ‘TRADITION’ IN THE WASTE LAND Mithran Tiruchelvam 38
OLYMPICS IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD Janaka Biyanwila 41
COMMUNICATION:TO BREAK A STALEMATE 45
DOCUMENTS
UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHINA 46