Pravada Vol. 2 No. 8 Polity DEMOCRACY’S DISCONTENTS NOTES AND COMMENTS SRI LANKA’S CRISIS:CONTRACTARIAN ALTERNATIVES- Jayadeva Uyangoda STRIKING PRINTERS- Kumari Jayawardena DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS:TRENDS IN SRI LANKA- Saman Kelegama TO BELLOW LIKE A COW- Radhika Coomaraswamy DISSECTING BUDDHISM- Bruce Kapferer PINTER’S HOUR- Denice Landers GENDERING IMAGES IN FILM ETHNIC QUESTION AND PRESIDENTIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS