| 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 | 30 |
