| 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: | Radhika Coomaraswamy | 23 |
| LETTERS | 26 | |
| POEM | 27 |
