Category: Polity

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Sunil Bastian 05 THE STATE AND THE MARKET ECONOMY W.D Lakshman 10 TALKING ABOUT THE BODY IN RUMOURS OF DEATH Mala de Alwis & Pradeep Jeganathan 14 SRI LANKA FROM NEW YORK Judy Waters 18 CHELVANAYAKAM AND FEDERALISM Rajan Philips 23 PROGRESSIVE WRITERS AND THE PROGRESSIVES: Selvy Thiruchandran 26… Continue reading Pravada Vol.3 No.6

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 FREE AND FAIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 05 ELECTION VIOLENCE 06 SRI LANKA’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Jayadeva Uyangoda 07 MORAL BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS Ram Manikkalingam 10 RELIGIO-NATIONALISM Ven. Sangharakshita 16 SIMPLE TRUTHS AND APOSTLES OF DEATH Salman Rushdie 20 THE ULTRA-LEET IN INDIA Ajay Darshan Behera 21 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT Vinod Moonesinghe 26

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 WOMEN AND THE ELECTION 06 OPEN LETTER TO POLITICAL PARTIES 08 ETHNICITY, ‘NATION’ AND STATE OF FORMATION J. Uyangoda 11 MONOPOLY OF PATRIOTISM: A PERSONAL ESSAY Sasanka Perera 16 DISCUSSION IN DISSENT Luicien Rajakarunanayake 19 CHINA IN THE RUSSIAN MIRROR Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Zhiyuan Cui 23 GARMENTS INDUSTRY: THE WAY… Continue reading Pravada Vol.3 No.4

NOTES AND COMMENTS 03 REINVENTING SRI LANKAN STATE Jithendra Basnayake 04 ELLAALAN FORCE AND TAMIL CONSCIENCE? Sasanka Perera 06 FARMER SUICIDES J. Uyangoda and W.N. Wilson 07 COMMUNITY,NATION AND MILITARISM IN TAMIL NATIONALISM Radhika Coomaraswamy 10 UNDER LTTE RULE Anne Abeysekera 16 OF TRADITION,MEMORIES AND IDEOLOGICAL BLOCKAGES Michael Roberts 18 SRI LANKA AT UN HUMAN… Continue reading Pravada Vol.3 No.3

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