Polity Vol.5 No.3 & 4 (Double Issue)

IT WAS ELECTION TIME  Jayadeva Uyangoda 03
FROM ‘POST-WAR’ TO POLITICAL SOLUTION  N.Shanmugaratnam 10
THE 2010 GENERAL ELECTION Pradeep Peiris 14
RECONFIGURING PATRONAGE POLITICS  Minna Thaheer 20
CULT OF CELEBRITY AND THE ELECTRONICS Maya 26
BOOK REVIEWS
TURNING ETHNOGRAPHIC TABLES: THE POLITICS OF WARZONE WRITING Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake 28
AVATAR AS PARABLE Rohini Hensman 31
WHEN A TRUTHFUL WOMAN SPEAKS, IT IS LIFE THAT IS SPEAKING Sarojini Jayawickrama 34
THE WEIGHT ON A CONSCIENCE Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe 42
IN MEMORIAM
THE EVA I KNEW  Vijita Fernando 45
IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER Rohini Hensman 46
ON THE BEACH  Jean Arasanayagam 48