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NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 POLLS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE K. Loganathan 04 PROVINCIAL POLLS IN THE SOUTH: FOUR VIEWS Jayadeva Uyangoda 06 Sunil Bastian 09 Sasanka Perera 12 Nira Wikramasinghe 16 SLFP’S NEW ECONOMIC POLICY 17 SRI LANKA:HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS 18 NEW THREAT TO HISTORY Eric Hobsbawm 23 A NATION AT WAR WITH ITSELF Gyanendra… Continue reading Pravada Vol.3 No.2

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 MASS GRAVES AT SUIYAKANDA 06 EXHUMATION OF MASS GRAVES: OBLIGATIONS AND PROCEDURES 08 SOCIETIES OF TERROR: ABSENCE OF A BODY AND PROBLEMS OF MOURNING Sasanka Perera 11 UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM Geraldine Gamburd 13 ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu 18 BUDDHISM BETRAYED? THE SATANIC VERSES AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Chanaka Amaratunga 24… Continue reading Pravada Vol.3 No.1

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 NGO COMMISION AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS 05 ‘MARKET FRIENDLY’ POLICIES:AN APPRAISAL Lal Jayawardena 08 CONSOCIATIONAL DEMOCRACY Chris McDowell 17 SELECT COMMITTEE:THE FAILURE OF POLITICS Radhika Coomaraswamy 19 SYNDICATED MOKSHA? PART II Romila Thapar 21 REVIVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUDDHIST NUNS:THE DEBATE AND ARGUMENTS Senarat Wijayasundara 26 DOCUMENTS 30

POEM: ALIEN 32 POEM: ALIEN 32 POEM: ALIEN 32 NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 MAKE PEACE NOT WAR Stanley J. Tambiah 06 SYNDICATED MOKSHA? Romila Thapar 10 BOMBAY RIOTS:A PEOPLE’S COMMISION REPORTS P.A.Sebastian 14 THE QUESTION OF SECULARISM 17 PAW SANWARDHANA:VOICES FROM A DEVELOPING SRI LANKAN VILLAGE Retold by Nigrodha 19 GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR WOMEN Sucheta… Continue reading Pravada Vol.2 No.9

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA’S CRISIS:CONTRACTARIAN ALTERNATIVES Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 STRIKING PRINTERS Kumari Jayawardena 12 DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS:TRENDS IN SRI LANKA Saman Kelegama 15 TO BELLOW LIKE A COW Radhika Coomaraswamy 22 DISSECTING BUDDHISM Bruce Kapferer 27 REVIEWS  PINTER’S HOUR Denice Landers 30 GENDERING IMAGES IN FILM 31 DOCUMENT  ETHNIC… Continue reading Pravada Vol.2 No.8

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 CRISIS OF SECULARISM Sarvapali Gopal 08 TO BELLOW LIKE A COW Radhika Coomaraswamy 13 GANDHIAN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN SRI LANKA Mithran Thiruchelvam 17 GEORGE KEYT:PAINTER,LOVER OF WOMEN Jane Russel 22 GAMBLING AND ITS DILEMMAS Rev. Shelton A de Silva 25 WOMEN IN SARATHCHANDRA’S PLAYS Lakmali Gunawardena 28 COMMUNICATIONS 29 VULTURES AND… Continue reading Pravada Vol.2 No.7

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 BRIDGES ACROSS THE ETHNIC DIVIDE Stanley J. Tambiah 04 THE NATION IN SRI LANKAN TAMIL GATHERINGS IN BRITAIN E. Valentine Daniel 12 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA:JULY 1983 Sunil Bastian 18 CONTESTATION IN VIENNA:THE UN HUMAN RIGHT CONFERENCE Kumudini Samuel 24 ARMED STRUGGLE AND THE FORCES OF LAW… Continue reading Pravada Vol.2 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 THE NATIONAL QUESTION AND OBSTACLES TO PEACE IN SRI LANKA:SOME REFLECTIONS N. Shanmugaratnam 04 THE ETHNIC CRISIS:POLITICS DEVOID OF ECONOMICS Mano Rajya 14 FRACTIONAL POLITICS DISMANTLING INSTITUTIONS OF DEMOCRACY Sunil Bastian 16 THE ECONOMICS OF LIFE AND DEATH Amartya Sen 18 SOCIAL BASIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Sumanasiri Liyanage 23 US ASSISTANCE… Continue reading Pravada Vol.2 No.5

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 PREMADASA AS PRESIDENT:A POSTHUMOUS ASSESMENT Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 ECONOMICS OF THE PREMADASA REGIME 09 INFORM FIELD REPORT ON REFUGEES 16 SRI LANKA’S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS 21 THE PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS:AN ANALYSIS Sunil Bastian 23 LETTERS 26 WIDOWS MIGHT IN SRI LANKA Kumari Jayawardena 28 INDO-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR “CRISIS” Itty Abraham 30 ETHNICITY,CLASS,RELIGION & GENDER… Continue reading Pravada Vol.2 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 BECOMING AN NIE:A STRATEGY FOR SRI LANKA Lal Jayawardena 05 NATIONALISM, FEDERALISM AND REALISM Adrian Wijemanne 17 CASTE STRUGGLES IN NOTHERN SRI LANKA N.Shanmugathasan 19 DEMOCRATIC STATE FORMATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS Laksiri Fernando 24 WOMEN’S RIGHTS:THE INCOMPLETE STRUGGLE Kithsiri Weerasinghe 26 VISALA’S MODERNITY Laleen Jayamanne 28 GANGSTERISM:ITS POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Jayadeva Uyangoda… Continue reading Pravada Vol.2 No.3