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TRIBUTES TO NEELAN NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 WHEN WILL IT ALL END? Kethesh Loganathan 05 A TRIBUTE FROM SSA 06 A FEMINIST SALUTE 07 A TRIBUTE FROM INDIA 08 NEELAN AND MULTICULTURALISM 09 TRIBUTE FROM CRM 10 A TAMIL WHO DISSENTED Pradeep Jeganathan 11 A POLITICAL TRIBUTE Jayadeva Uyangoda 12 A PERSON OF THE HUMANITY… Continue reading Pravada Vol.6 No.5

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA- AN ONGOING TRAGEDY Dilip Simeon 05 FOCUS ON CRICKET SEAMING TURFS Michael Roberts 06 THE THREE CYCLES OF SRI LANKAN CRICKET Ajith Samaranayake 09 BANGLES TO THE CAPTAIN! 11 THE WORLD CUP-WINNERS AND LOSERS Colvin Karunaratne 12 CRICKET IN GLOBALIZATION Mike Marquee 13 TO SELL, AT ANY COST Kalpana… Continue reading Pravada Vol.6 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 TAMIL NATIONALISM AND THE SINHALESE Hector Abhayavardhana 05 COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN THE PLANTATIONS 12 LEARNING TO BE POLITICAL C.S. Dattatreya 15 GENDER ISSUES THE MORAL MOTHER SYNDROME Malathi de Alwis 17 SRI LANKAN WOMEN’S HDIs Kanchana N. Ruwanpura 21 AFTER VICTIMHOOD Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake 25 QUOTAS FOR WOMEN IN ELECTIONS Devanesan Nesiah… Continue reading Pravada Vol.6 No.2 & 3 (Double Issue)

NOTES AND COMMENTS 04 VOILENCE AND THE WAYAMBA ELECTION 06 ON THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO Eric Hobsbawn 08 THE FUTILITY OF COMMON SENSE: AN ESSAY ON AHIMSA Dilip Simeon 15 THE NATIONALIST SECESSIONIST GUERILLA PHENOMENON: A REJOINDER Purnaka L. de Silva 22 THE OPIATE OF ONE-DAY CRICKET: HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER David Dunham and Sisira… Continue reading Pravada Vol.6 No.1

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 FOCUS ON THE ECONOMIC CRISIS  EMERGING ECONOMIES IN A SEA OF GLOBAL FINANCE Paul A. Volker 06 THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM George Soros 11 THE NEW CHALLENGE G.Chris Rodrigo 13 THE EXTRA-ECONOMY OF THE ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISI Janaka Biyanwala 19 IS ALL SO WELL WITH THE ECONOMY AND WITH RURAL… Continue reading Pravada Vol.5 No.10 & 11 (Double Issue)

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 WOMEN WORKER & TWENTY YEARS OF LIBERALIZATION IN SRI LANKA W.D.Lakshman 04 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AFTER FIFTY YEARS Ashley Halpe 10 NATION-STATE AND SECURITY Jayadeva Uyangoda 15 NATIVISM,ORIENTALISM AND THE LEFT Valentine M. Moghadam 19 THE NATIONALIST SECESSIONIST GUERILLA PHENOMENON Adrian Wijemanne 23 LTTE:SHIFT IN THE INTERNATIONAL OPINION Asbjorn Eide 28 IN… Continue reading Pravada Vol.5 No.9

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 Special Section on “For a Non-Nuclear South Asia” THE END OF IMAGINATION Arundhati Roy 06 GENOCIDAL MENTALITY Ashis Nandy 15 NUCLEAR POWER AND HUMAN SECURITY Itty Abraham 17 VIOLENCE IN ELECTIONS Jayadeva Uyangoda 21 FROM ETHNIC CONFLICT TO DIRTY WAR Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake 24 MASS BURIALS AT CHEMMANY 31 CRM TRIBUTE TO… Continue reading Pravada Vol.5 No.8

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 CHARLES ABEYSEKERA 06 SOME REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENCE Charles Abeysekera 08 SRI LANKA AT FIFTY: Jayadeva Uyangoda 10 LOOKING AHEAD WITH ANXIETY Eqbal Ahmad 13 ASIA’S CULTURAL VALUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS Basil Fenando 15 CIVIL SOCIETY IN EMERGING DEMOCRACIES Kamal Hossain 19 RESPONSES TO GLOBALIZATION: Rohini Hensman 20 FROM AUTHENTICITY TO HYBRIDITY:… Continue reading Pravada Vol.5 No.7

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 SRI LANKA’S CRISIS AND IT’S COMPLEXITIES Jayadeva Uyangoda 05 SPECIAL SECTION:PLANTATIONS IN CRISIS  TEA PLANTATIONS:A LONG-TERM STRATEGY P.P.Manikam 10 FUTURE OF TEA ESTATES David Dunham 13 TEA TALK Valentine Daniel 16 WAGE INCREASE FOR PLANTATION WORKERS 26 VIJAYA KUMARATUNGA ASSASSINATION REPORT Kishali Pinto Jayawardana 28 FREE EDUCATION Vs. REFORM Adrian Wijemanne… Continue reading Pravada Vol.5 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 IN A LUSH,TORMENTED LAND Equal Ahamad 06 WHO ARE THE TAMILS Pradeep Jeganathan 09 AFTER DEVOLUTION:PROTECTING LOCAL MINORITIES Darani Rajasingham-Senanayake 12 HOW NORMAL IS NORMAL? Kumudini Samuel 16 JAFFNA:CURRENT SITUATION AND PROTECTS-UTHR 20 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Devanesan Nesiah 23 ANNIE BESANTS MANY LIVES Kumari Jayawardena 25 DIANA’S DEATH AND THE BRITISH R.L.Stirrat… Continue reading Pravada Vol.5 No.4 & 5 (Double Issue)