| 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 EMANCIPATION | Radhika Coomaraswamy | 08 |
| DECENTRALIZATION TO THE GRASS-ROOTS:INDIA’S PANCHAYATI RAJ | Tressie Leitan | 11 |
| A NOVELIST SILENCED | 15 | |
| SINHALAS AND EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL ORIGINS AND SCHOLARSS FROM GAGALAND | Sasanka Perera | 16 |
| READING “POLITICS OF LITERARY CRITICISM” | Douglas Walatara | 19 |
| KURUMPACCIDDY VILLAGE,JAFFNA-1973 | Jane Russell | 21 |
| DOCUMENTS | ||
| i)HUMAN RIGHTS SAFEGUARDS AND INSTITUTION BUILDING | 23 | |
| ii)AFTER THE CONQUEST,A NEW CONTEST | 25 | |
| iii)POLITICAL THUGGERY RAISES ITS HEAD ANEW | 27 | |
| iv)CONDEMN THE RESURGENCE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE | 28 |
