NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 INDIA’S POLITICAL ORDER Jayadeva Uyangoda 06 HALF-WAY TO FREEDOM Eqbal Ahmad 08 RACISM DISGUISED IN SPACE Sumanasiri Liyanage 14 JAYASIKURUI Adrian Wijemanne 19 STATE-MARKET RELATIONS IN LATE DEVELOPMENT N.Shanmugaratnam 21 BOOK REVIEW 32 DOCUMENTS i.CRM STATEMENT 34 ii.PROTEST AGAINST PROPOSED CULTURAL BILLS: 35
NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 THE DRAFT OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION Rohan Edirrisinha & Deepika Udagama 05 THE SINHALA KADUWA Darini Rajasingham Senanayake 15 ELECTRONIC MEDIA. MEDIA CONTROL AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Jayadeva Uyangoda 20 BOOK REVIEW:RE-ASSESSING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Sasanka Perera 24 THE SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON BROADCASTING AUTHORITY BILL 27 LETTER NOT SICK BUT SICK …
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 W. McChesny 14 CRICKET: BATTING AGAINST THE BREAK Qadri Ismail 16 SECULARISM AND MUSLIMNESS Mahl 27 REVIEW ESSAY Darini Rajasingham 29 DOCUMENTS i. Media 31 ii. Elctoral Voilence 33
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 …
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 …
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 Ali 09 IMPRESSIONS FROM A VISIT TO JAFFNA 12 TOKEN STRIKE IN THE PLANATION-THE AFTERMATH Romila Thapar 14 THE PAST IN THE PRESENT 17 DOCUMENTS i)AGAINST THE POWER TO CONTROL …
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 AND SRI LANKA 13 PLANTATION STRIKE P.P.Manikam 14 HILDA WESTBOOK KULARATNE Jane Russell 17 THE STATE, DEPORTATION AND PUBLIC POWER Jean Richardson 18 CRICKET MANIA,MEN AND POLITICS Janaka Biyanwila 21 …
NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 NGOS,HATE POLITICS & QUESTIONS OF DEMOCRACY Jayadeva Uyangoda 06 THE NGO BOGEY Kumari Jayawardena 10 NEW TIMES & THE LEFT Sudip Ray 12 GENDER ISSUES EDITORIAL: NOTES TOWARDS A DISCUSSION OF FEMALE PORTRAITS AS TEXTS* Malathi de Allwis 16 A STATE OF TERROR: LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS OF RAPE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN …
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 Kumudini Samuel 14 STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY A ROLE FOR LAWYERS Neelan Tiruchelvam 17 POLITICS OF LITERARY CRITICISM TODAY Regi Siriwardena 21 BOOK REVIEW HISTOGRAPHIC IN CONFLICT 27 DOCUMENTS NGO FORUM IN …
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. Ghosh 15 A SRI LANKAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITION Sasanka Perera 18 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW Amrik Singh 26 GAINS AT THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS …