Polity Vol. 12 No. 1
THE CONJUNCTURE IN THE CRISIS - B. Skanthakumar WHERE DOES PEACE REST? - Natasha Ranawake ZIONISM IN CRISIS AFTER OCTOBER 7? WHAT CRISIS? - Neve Gordon TWO CONCEPTIONS OF JEWISH IDENTITY - Rohini Hensman RESISTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA: IS A NEW POLITICAL IMAGINARY...
Polity Vol. 11 No. 2
PALESTINE AND US A VOICE FROM PALESTINE- M. A. Nuhman GAZA: INTO THE ABYSS- Devaka Gunawardena SRI LANKA MUST ACT IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE! IF I MUST DIE- Refaat Alareer IN 2024'S ELECTIONS, LESSONS FROM 2015- Devaka Gunawardena WHY 2024 WILL NOT BE 2015 REDUX-...
Polity Vol. 11 No. 1
Editorial: Hyper-Reforms amidst Hyper-Austerity Sri Lanka 2023: Anniversaries of Struggle - Q. M. Saul May Day Diary 2023 - B. Skanthakumar Don’t Use Class as a Weapon to Dismiss Social Struggles - Devaka Gunawardena Resisting the Nationalist Right’s Framing of the...
Polity Vol. 10 No. 2
Editorial 2023 Budget: False Promises at the Expense of Women and Working People - Feminist Collective for Economic Justice ‘The Writing Was on the Wall’: Debt Distress and Ways Forward in Sri Lanka - Jayati Ghosh The Election of Ranil Wickremesinghe: Reaction and...
Polity Vol.10 No.1
Editorial The #GotaGoHome Protest Movement: Significance, Potential, and Challenges - Jayadeva Uyangoda Our Broken Nation Lies Before Us - From the Galle Face Aragala Bhoomiya “People Are Starting To See That We Were Right” - Two University Students interviewed by...
Polity Vol.9 No.1 & 2
Editorial Polity Turns 30! ‘Executive Authoritarianism’ as Sri Lanka’s New Political Normal since COVID19* - Jayadeva Uyangoda US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impact on Sri Lankan Democracy - Pradeep Peiris Reflections from a State Quarantine Centre during...
Polity Vol.8 No.1 & 2
Editorial: Environment & Society in Sri Lanka, pp. 02 – 03 Crossing Borders: Sovereign Life and Sovereignty – Sivamohan Sumathy , pp. 04-07 Beyond Numbers: Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Response, Politics and People - Ramya Kumar, pp. 8 - 13 April Theses with 2020 Vision -...
Polity Vol. 7 No. 2
EDITORIAL: 1977 & After: 40 Years of the Open Economy in Sri Lanka GUEST EDITORIAL: A Comment on Neoliberalism in Sri Lanka- Prof. W. D. Lakshman THE NEOLIBERAL TURN IN SRI LANKA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL FLOWS AND CONSTRUCTION AFTER 1977 - Ahilan Kadirgamar “KOLAMBATA...
Polity Vol. 7 No.1
EDITORIAL: THE PROMISE OF JANUARY 8th IN PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORMS: THE 1st PRAVADA EDITORIAL (NOVEMBER 1991) FROM GOOD GOVERNANCE TO INEPT GOVERNANCE- Jayadeva Uyangoda TAMIL NATIONALIST ACT IN THE THEATRE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE - MeeNilankco Theiventhran...
Polity Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4
Editorial The Way We Were – Jayadeva Uyangoda and Pradeep Peiris Secular Thoughts – K.N. Panikkar Dambulla Mosque Crisis – Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake To Have More Women in Politics – Rosy Senanayake Harbour Lights – Sarojini Jayawickrama A Colonial Clergyman in Sri...
Polity Vol. 6 No. 1 & 2
Editorial On the Termination of the State of Emergency Left Parties of UPFA for Devolution – Sandun A. Jayasekera Sri Lankan Buddhism: Mahindian Hybrid of Pre-Buddhist – M.M.J. Marasinghe FTZ Workers and Politics of Social Protection – Janaka Biyanwila An Open Letter...
Polity Vol. 5 No. 6
Spring Clean of Dictators History and the Enterprise of Knowledge – Amartya Sen “Protest like an Egyptian” – In Wisconsin – Judy Waters Pasqualge Lanka @ 63: The ‘Military Business Model’ – Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Right Speech and Follies and Fantasies in the...
Polity Vol. 5 No. 5
Editorial Domestic Violence – The Rice Pot Boils Over The Punishment Is the Crime Ayodhya Verdict – Romila Thapar Appeal to Fellow Citizens If Term Limit Goes – So Must Immunity Whither Academic Freedom in Universities? – Savitri Goonesekere Susan De Silva: Feminist...
Polity Vol. 5 No. 3 & 4
THE ROAD TO PEACE? IT WAS ELECTION TIME - Jayadeva Uyangoda FROM 'POST-WAR' TO POLITICAL SOLUTION- N. Shanmugaratnam THE 2010 GENERAL ELECTION- Pradeep Peiris RECONFIGURING PATRONAGE POLITICS- Minna Thaheer EMERGENCY RELAXED- From our Legal Correspondent CULT OF...
Polity Vol. 5 No. 2
ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WITH LITTLE SPACE FOR CHANGE NO RETURN TO THE GALLOWS- CRM Opposes Death Penalty HANG THE DEATH PENALTY! CREEPING TALIBANIZATION? BUDDHISM DURING COLONIAL RULE- Terry C. Muck THE MOON IN THE WATER- John Stifler POVERTY AND PEOPLE'S...
Polity Vol. 5 No. 1
CONVERSATIONS WITH ROMILA THAPAR- Kalpana Sharma REMEMBERING A SOCIALIST PIONEER: SELINA PERERA- Charles Wesley Ervin FEMALE LEADERS IN SOUTH ASIA- Devanesan Nesiah FROM CAGED BIRD TO EMANCIPATED WOMAN- Sarojini Jayawickrama BERNADEEN SILVA- Suriya Wickremasinghe...
Polity Vol. 4 No. 6
BRINGING THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT BACK? PRESIDENT OBAMA- Sankaran Krishna THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008-PART 03- Judy Waters Pasqualge THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008-PART 04- Judy Waters Pasqualge A WALL COMES TUMBLING DOWN- Devanesan Nesiah WORLD ECONOMIC...
Polity Vol. 4 No. 5
SRI LANKA: A DISTANT DREAM SRI LANKA'S CONFLICT AT THE CROSSROADS- Jayadeva Uyangoda JVP SPLITS- Jayadeva Uyangoda POLLING FOR PEACE POLICIES- Pradeep Peiris ANTHROPOLOGIZING HISTORY- Premakumara de Silva POET AS WITNESS- E. V. Ramakrishnan THE US PRESIDENTIAL...
Polity Vol. 4 No. 4
ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S SECULARISM POLITICS OF SRI LANKA IN 2007- Jayadeva Uyangoda THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008- Judy Waters Pasqualge SHIFTING THEORIES: PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOUSEHOLD- Kanchana N. Ruwanpura OBAMA, UNGER AND I- Ram Manikkalingam A LABOUR OF...
Polity Vol. 4 No. 3
TIME OF TROUBLE, TIME FOR READING MUCH DESPAIR, YET A LITTLE HOPE- Jayadeva Uyangoda ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK- Pradeep Peiris and Anupama M. Ranawana WHERE FUSION CANNOT WORK- FAITH AND HISTORY- Romila Thapar SPEAKING THE TRUTH TO POWER- Edward Said THE SWEET...
Polity Vol. 4 No. 2
RIZANA NAFEEK AND THE ECONOMY SRI LANKA: BACK TO SQUARE ONE- Jayadeva Uyangoda THE CARNIVAL MAY GO ON- Jayadeva Uyangoda CASTE, TRIBE, AND THE POLITICS OF RESERVATION- Shail Mayaram BATTICALOA FIELD VISIT-MAY 2007 MUSLIMS IN SRI LANKA'S ETHNIC CONFLICT- Farzana...
Polity Vol. 4 No. 1
CONFLICT, WAR AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE TOWARDS A NORTH-EASTERN CONSESUS- Devanesan Nesiah FROM PEACE OPTIMISM TO UNDECLARED WAR- Camilla Orjuela MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES- Judy Waters Pasqualge RIGHT PEOPLE, WRONG QUESTIONS- Gloria Steinem GLOBALIZATION...
Polity Vol.3 No. 5 & 6
ESCALATING WAR RAVIRAJ: ANOTHER ASSASSINATION KETHESH LOGANATHAN- Jayadeva Uyangoda ASSASSINATIONS AND COUNTER ASSASSINATIONS: REFLECTIONS ON THE KILLING OF KITHESH LOGANATHAN- N. Shanmugaratnam THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AID, CONFLICT, AND PEACE BUILDING IN SRI LANKA-...
Polity Vol. 3 No. 4
A QUESTION OF GOVERNANCE SRI LANKA: DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS- Jayadeva Uyangoda TAKING THE DEVOLUTION DISCOURSE FORWARD- N. Sathiya Moorthy ENTER THE NEW RULING CLASS- Ajit Samaranayake PROTECTION UNDER THE NEW LAW ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE- Shyamala Gomez EVANGELICAL...
Polity Vol. 3 No. 3 (April/May 2006)
POLITICS TO PREVENT WAR SRI LANKA'S PEACE: BEYOND OLD NATIONALIST IMAGINATIONS- Jayadeva Uyangoda NO WAR, NO PEACE?- Sunil Bastian THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL MUST FUNCTION- Civil Rights Movement JVP CAN RESURRECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL- FAILURE CASTS DOUBTS ON ITS...
Polity Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2 (January/February 2006)
'Jaw Jaw' in Geneva Sri Lanka's Crisis: The Peace Process Wears Thin - Jayadeva Uyangoda The Rajapakse Presidency: Consequences for the Peace Process - Kumar Rupesinghe The Sinhala People Have Not Rejected a Federal Solution - Lal Wijenayake Elite Mobilization,...
Polity Vol. 2 No. 5 & 6 (June/July 2005)
Sabre Rattlings? Post-Tsunami Operation Mechanism Structures (P-TOMS) Supreme Court Judgment on P-TOMS - Sarath N. Silva Memorandum of Understanding: For the Establishment of a Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure P-TOMS: After the Judgment - Jayadeva...
Polity Vol. 2 No. 4 (March/April 2005)
Tsunami and After: Fault Lines and Shifts in Politics Three Years After the Cease Fire - Jayadeva Uyangoda Proposals for an Interim Council for the North and East: A Way Out - Sumanasiri Liyanage The Tsunami Tragedy: Its Causes and Consequences - Osmund Jayaratne...
Polity Vol. 2 No. 3 (January/February 2005)
Peace After the Tsunami: New Windows of Opportunity Post-Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka - Jayadeva Uyangoda After the Tsunami: A Plea for Responsible Reconstruction - Rajan Philips From Relief and Rehabilitation to Peace in Sri Lanka - Kristian Stokke and N....
Polity Vol. 2 No. 2 (July/August 2004)
Peace and Reconciliation? Peace Watch - Jayadeva Uyangoda Re-Working Autonomy Options for Sri Lanka - Jayadeva Uyangoda How Development Can Undermine Peace - Sunil Bastian ICT 4 Peace: Tools for Transcending Deadlock - Harinda Ranura Vidanage Writing That Conquers:...
Polity Vol. 2 No. 1 (May/June 2004)
Sri Lanka's Peace Process: More Bad News to Come? Peace Watch - Jayadeva Uyangoda Sri Lanka After Elections: Continuing Uncertainty - Jayadeva Uyangoda Charles Darwin, Karl Marx and Martin Wickramasinghe - Carlo Fonseka A Rising in the East - Malathi de Alwis Indian...
Polity Vol. 1 No. 6 (March/April 2004)
Sri Lanka After Elections: Continuing Uncertainity Peace Watch - Jayadeva Uyangoda Multiple Crises in Sri Lanka – Kumar Rupesinghe Need for a Virtual Alliance of Digital Diasporas – Harinda Ranura Vidanage Globalisation, Women and Work - Rohini Hensman Sinhala...
Polity Vol. 1 No. 5 (January/February 2004)
Difficult Times Peace Watch - Jayadeva Uyangoda Sri Lanka’s Peace Process: Towards Phase II – Tyrol Fernands, Kumar Rupesinghe, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Jayadeva Uyangoda, Norbert Ropers Soma Thero: Significance of His Life and Death - Jayadeva Uyangoda The Proposed...
Polity Vol. 1 No. 4 (October/November 2003)
A Pluralistic Political Class Peace Watch – Jayadeva Uyangoda Reflection on Women and Culture: The Sri Lankan Tamil Community in Toronto, Canada – Amali Philips Child Soldiers in Civil War: Why Do Children Become Soldiers? – S.I. Keethaponcalan Health as a Catalyst...
Polity Vol. 1 No. 3 (July/August 2003)
A Negotiated Stalemate Peace Watch – Jayadeva Uyangoda The International Post-conflict Industry: Myths, Rituals, Market Imperfections and the Need for a New Paradigm – Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake What Went Wrong? The LTTE's Pull-out From the Peace Talks: A Comment –...
Polity Vol. 1 No. 2 (April/May 2003)
War in Iraq: Road Map to a New Empire Sri Lankan Protest on Iraq Invasion - Collective Mesopotamia, Babylon, The Tigris and Euphrates - Arundhati Roy A Stupid War – Edward Said Give Us Back Our Democracy- Edward Said Boycott the Dollar! – Rohini Hensman The...
Polity Vol. 1 No. 1 (February/March 2003)
One Year of Peace A Promise of Peace - Radhika Coomaraswamy Taiwan, Taliban, Taliwan - Ram Manikkalingam A Comment on the Peace Talks: Provincializing Vital Issues - Sumanasiri Liyanage Redesigning the Peace Process - Kumar Rupesinghe Ethnic Identity and...
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 10 & 11 (2002)
The Peace Process and Its Political Dilemmas Sri Lanka's Peace Process - Two Essays The Peace Process, People and Civil Society - Jayadeva Uyangoda Peace in Sri Lanka: Prospects After Prabhakaran’s Media Conference - Jayadeva Uyangoda Mou, Spoilers and the Interim...
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 8 & 9 (2002)
Focus on Peace Sri Lanka: A “Pragmatic” Peace Agenda Sri Lanka’s Peace Process: Surprising Possibilities? - Jayadeva Uyangoda Peace: A Long Way to Go - S. I. Keethaponcalan Peace: From Illusion to Reality - Adrian Wijemanne Obstacles to the Peace Process - V. S....
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 7 (2001)
Sri Lanka After the Elections: Managing Uncertainty Was Women’s Vote the Secret Weapon? - Cat's Eye The World Can’t Be So Easily Divided - Amartya Sen Liberalisation and Political Decay: Sri Lanka's Journey From Welfare State to a Brutalised Society - David Dunham...
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 5 & 6 (2001)
Articles on the Global Crisis Crisis and Catastrophe There Are Many Islams - Edward Said The Algebra of Infinite Justice - Arundhati Roy Fortress America - Achin Vanaik Time for Serenity - Fidel Castro Welcome to the Desert of the Real! - Slavoj Zizek Radical Islam...
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 4 (2001)
Crisis Management or Crisis Escalation? Notes and Comments Land of the Displaced - V. Suryanarayan The IMF and Civil War in Sri Lanka: A Critical Dialogue - Muttukrishna Sarvanathan The Draft Domestic Violence Law What Will It Do? - Mario Gomez An Overview of Ritual...
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 3 (2001)
The Need for a New Constitution The Work of Monks Buddhist Monks and Ethnic Politics - H. L. Senaviratne Book Review - The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka by H.L. Seneviratne - Bhikku Bodhi An Army of Monks? - Nirupama Subramanian Child Ordinations and...
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 2 (2001)
Ethnic Relations Lessons From Mawanella Notes and Comments Sinhalese-Muslim Riots of 1915 - Kumari Jayawardena Capacity Building, Accountability, and Humanitarianism - Jennifer Hyndman and Malathi de Alwis The Perfect Window - Gopalkrishna Gandhi Dr. S. A....
Pravada Vol. 7 No. 1 (2001)
Defeat Talibanization of Politics Some Parameters for a Peace Settlement - Laksiri Fernando Development as a Holistic Process: Lessons From the Last Five Decades - W. D. Lakshman Building Industrial Capability in Sri Lanka - G. Chris Rodrigo California Electricity...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 11 (2001)
Negotiations Both Sides Stand to Gain Notes and Comments Sri Lanka: Not Simply an Ethnic Conflict - Ram Manikkalingam Re-Branding Tourism in Sri Lanka: A Case for Ethical Tourism - Muttukrishna Sarvananthan Players’ Associations and Labour Struggles: Sports Stardom...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 9 & 10 (2000)
After the Parliamentary Polls Notes and Comments Women in Parliament: Two Steps Back - Cat's Eye General Elections 2000: An Interpretation - Sunil Bastian The Inner Courtyard: Political Discourse of Caste, Justice and Equality in Sri Lanka - Jayadeva Uyangoda The...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 7 & 8 (2000)
Ethnic Question and PA-UNP Consensus Notes and Comments Politics of Aphasia - Yolanda Foster The Shrine of the Innocents - Indika Bulankulame Disrupting the Postcolonial Sexual Contract: The 81st Amendment to India's Constitution - Criket Keating Ashis Nandy and Some...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 6 (2000)
Sri Lanka's Politics After the Presidential Election Notes and Comments Sri Lanka in the Twentieth Century From Quietude to Crises - Jayadeva Uyangoda Women and the Millenium - Radhika Coomaraswamy History as Dynamite - Michael Roberts Nuclear Weapons and Security in...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 5 (1999)
Tributes to Neelan Neelan and the Unfinished Peace Project Notes and Comments When Will It All End? - Kethesh Loganathan Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam: A Tribute From the SSA Neelan - A Feminist Salute - Cat's Eye A Tribute From India - Collective Multiculturalism Was a Way...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 4 (1999)
Cricket- There is Politics in It! Notes and Comments Sri Lanka - An Ongoing Tragedy - Dilip Simeon Focus on Cricket Seaming Turfs: The Lottery of the World Cup - Michael Roberts The Three Cycles of Sri Lankan Cricket - Ajith Samaranayake Bangles to the Captain! -...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 2 & 3 (1999)
More on Elections and Politics Notes and Comments Tamil Nationalism and the Sinhalese - Hector Abhayavardhana Communal Violence in the Plantations - P. Manikam Learning to Be Political: The Citizen Way - C. S. Dattatreya Gender Issues The "Moral Mother" Syndrome -...
Pravada Vol. 6 No. 1 (1999)
Elections and Democracy : Back to the Basics Notes and Comments Violence in the Wayamba Election: Incidents, Types and Patterns - The Centre for the Monitoring of Election Violence (CMEV) The Communist Manifesto: An Introduction - Eric Hobsbawm The Futility of Common...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 10 & 11 (1998)
East Asian Crisis: Sri Lanka in a Global Crisis Notes and Comments Focus on the Economic Crisis Focus on the Asian Crisis Emerging Economies in a Sea of Global Finance - Paul A. Volker The Crisis of Global Capitalism - George Soros The New Challenge: Regulating...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 9 (1998)
Abuse in Political Debate Notes and Comments Twenty Years of Liberalization in Sri Lanka: Implications for Women Workers- W. D. Lakshman University Education After Fifty Years of Independence - Ashley Halpe Nation-State, Security Studies and the Question of Margins in...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 8 (1998)
Elections, Security and Democracy Notes and Comments Special Section on “For a Non-Nuclear South Asia” The End of Imagination - Arundhati Roy The Epidemic of Nuclearism: A Clinical Profile of the Genocidal Mentality - Ashis Nandy Nuclear Power and Human Security -...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 7 (1998)
The Question of Political Space Notes and Comments Charles Abeyesekera (1926 - 1998) - Collective Some Reflections on Violence - Charles Abeysekera Sri Lanka at Fifty: The Birth of a Tragedy - Jayadeva Uyangoda Looking Ahead With Anxiety - Eqbal Ahmad Asia's Cultural...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 6 (1998)
After the Jubilee Notes and Comments Sri Lanka's Crisis: Identifying Its Complexities - Jayadeva Uyangoda Special Section: Plantations in Crisis Tea Plantations: Need for a Long-term Strategy - P. P. Manikam The Future of Tea Estates - David Dunham Tea Talk: Violent...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 4 & 5 (1998)
Once Again, Impasse Notes and Comments In a Lush, Tormented Land - Eqbal Ahmad Who Are the Tamils - Pradeep Jeganathan After Devolution: Protecting Local Minorities and Mixed Settlements - Darani Rajasingham-Senanayake How Normal is Normal? - Kumudini Samuel Jaffna:...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 3 (1997)
Free Education vs. Reform Notes and Comments India’s Political Order May Change, On Its Own - Jayadeva Uyangoda Half-Way to Freedom: Dates With Disaster - Eqbal Ahmad Racism Disguised in Space: Some Comments on Recent Spatial Architectonics in Sri Lanka - Sumanasiri...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 2 (1997)
PA: End of the Road for Reformism? Notes and Comments The Draft of the New Constitution - Rohan Edrisinha & Deepika Udagama The Sinhala Kaduwa: Language as a Double Edged Sword and Ethnic Conflict - Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Electronic Media, Media Control and...
Pravada Vol. 5 No. 1 (1997)
Local Elections; Thinking and Acting Un-locally Notes and Comments Local Bodies as Domains of Power - Jayadeva Uyangoda Political Violence, Structural Amnesia and the Lack of Remorse - Sasanka Perera Global Struggle for Democratic Communication - Robert W. McChesney...
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 10 & 11 (1997)
For a Democratic Media Notes and Comments Media Committee Reports: an Overview - Ravi John Report on Broadbasing the Ownership of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. - Mr. Sidat Sri Nandalochana (Chairman), Dr. Jayadeva Uyangoda Mr. Rohan Edrisinha and Mr. R.M....
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 9 (1996)
To Break a Stalemate Notes and Comments State and Nation:the Nation State and the State of Our Nation - Adrian Wijemanne Tiger Women and the Question of Women’s Emancipation - Radhika Coomaraswamy Decentralization to the Grass-roots: India’s Panchayati Raj - Tressie...
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 8 (1996)
The Paradoxes of War and Peace Notes and Comments The Power Crisis: Nationalist Myths and Politics - Sunil Bastian The Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis in the Light of Global Capitalism - Ameer Ali Impressions From a Visit to Jaffna Token Strike in the Plantation - The...
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 7 (February/March 1996)
Giving Peace the Top Priority Notes and Comments The Contours of a Political Settlement - V. Rudrakmaran Peace After the Military Occupation - Rev. Dr. S. J. Emmanuel What Remains - Anonymous Indian Elections and Sri Lanka Plantations Strike - April 1996 - P....
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 5 & 6 (December/January 1996)
From Package to Legal Draft: Step in Which Direction Notes and Comments NGOS, Hate Politics & Questions of Democracy - Jayadeva Uyangoda The NGO Bogey - Kumari Jayawardena New Times & the Left - Sudip Ray Gender Issues: Gender Agenda Reasserted! - Editorial...
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 4 (November/December 1995)
Sri Lanka : From War to Politics Notes and Comments Hatred and Revenge Killings: Constructions of Political Violence in Sri Lanka - Purnaka L. De Silva Perceptions of Traditions and the Limitations of Middle Class Imagination - Sasanka Perera The Tragedy of the...
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 3 (September/October 1995)
Nationalism in Moderation? Notes and Comments Devolution Debate: Perspectives From North - Rev. Dr. S. J. Emmanuel Sri Lanka: Some Issues of Social Integration - Jayadeva Uyangoda Chandrika’s Federal Package: A Political Analysis - Partha S. Ghosh In Search of a Sri...
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 2 (July/August 1995)
And Now the Hard Work Has to Begin Notes and Comments Subaltern Studies Conference in Colombo - Qadri Ismail The Package and Its Politics - Jayadeva Uyangoda Liberation and Other Misperspections - Kenneth Mulder Home-Lands, Border Zones and Refugees: Facts, Fictions,...
Pravada Vol. 4 No. 1 (May/June 1995)
A Dharma Yuddha? Notes and Comments Seeking Justice or Revenge? - Sunila Abeysekera Commissions Inquiring Into Disappearances AI’s Observation and Recommendations Sustainable Economic Reform - Arjun Sengupta Breakdown of “Peace Talks” - Jayadeva Uyangoda State...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 11 (March/April 1995)
Understanding April 19 Notes and Comments Peace: Understanding Our Reality - Rajan Hoole and K. Sritharan Peace Process, Devolution and Constitutional Reforms - Neelan Tiruchelvam Media in Confict Resolution:the Case of South Africa - Rich Mkhondo Hema's Story -...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 10 (January/February 1995)
After the Cessation of Hostilities Notes and Comments Sustaining the Peace Process - N. Shanmugaratnam Truth Commissions: an Overview How Societies Remember - Darini Rajasingham Family Histories as Post-colonial Texts - Yasmine Gooneratne Women’s Movement - A Feminist...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 8 & 9 (November/December 1994)
PA : Pains of Adjustments Notes and Comments Tamil Aspirations and Tiger Ambitions - Ram Manikkalingam Peace LTTE and Tamil Intellectuals - Sasanka Perera Religious Fundamentalism & Chauvinism - Kamal Hossain Developement-Critique in the Culture Trap - Saral...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 7 (October/November) 1994
Ater the Bomb and the Election Notes and Comments Use of State Owned Media - Charles Abeysekera The Blast & the Aftermath - Jayadeva Uyangoda Progressing the Peace Process With Ltte - M. Shankar Violence During the Campaign Marxism & Ethnicity- Kumar David...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 6 (August/September 1994)
Peace: Act With Responsibility Notes and Comments Parliamentary Elections - Sunil Bastian The State and the Market Economy - W. D. Lakshman Talking About the Body in Rumours of Death - Mala de Alwis & Pradeep Jeganathan Sri Lanka From New York - Judy Waters...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 5 (July/August 1994)
The Promise and the Possibility of Change Notes and Comments Free and Fair Election Campaigns Election Violence Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Elections - Jayadeva Uyangoda Moral Basis for Negotiations - Ram Manikkalingam Religio-Nationalism - Ven. Sangharakshita Simple...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 4 (June/July 1994)
August Elections a Change for the Better Notes and Comments Women and the Election Open Letter to Political Parties Ethnicity, ‘Nation’ and State Formation - Jayadeva Uyangoda Monopoly of Patriotism: A Personal Essay - Sasanka Perera Discussion in Dissent - Luicien...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 3 (April/May 1994)
Decriminalisation of Politics Notes and Comments Reinventing Sri Lankan State - Jithendra Basnayake Ellalan Force and Tamil Conscience? - Sasanka Perera Farmer Suicides - J. Uyangoda and W. N. Wilson Community, Nation and Militarism in Tamil Nationalism - Radhika...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 2 (March/April 1994)
After the Southern Polls Notes and Comments Polls in the Eastern Province - K. Loganathan Provincial Polls in the South: Four Views Provincial Polls in the South: Pointer to Future - Jayadeva Uyangoda UNP in the South: What Went Wrong? - Sunil Bastian Southern PC...
Pravada Vol. 3 No. 1 (January/February 1994)
Constitution: Reform or Manipulation Notes and Comments Mass Graves at Suriyakanda Exhumation of Mass Graves: Obligations and Procedures Societies of Terror: Absence of a Body and Problems of Mourning - Sasanka Perera Understanding Terrorism - Geraldine Gamburd...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 10 (November/December 1993)
Devolution: Travails and Tribulations Notes and Comments NGO Commission and Emergency Regulations ‘Market Friendly’ Policies: An Appraisal - Lal Jayawardena Consociational Democracy - Chris McDowell Select Committee: The Failure of Politics - Radhika Coomaraswamy...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 9 (October/November 1993)
Between Two Fantasies Notes and Comments Make Peace Not War - Stanley J. Tambiah Syndicated Moksha? - Romila Thapar Bombay Riots: A People’s Commision Reports - P. A. Sebastian The Question of Secularism Paw Sanwardhana: Voices From a Developing Sri Lankan Village -...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 8 (September/October 1993)
Democracy's Discontents Notes and Comments Sri Lanka’s Crisis: Contractarian Alternatives - Jayadeva Uyangoda Striking Printers - Kumari Jayawardena Distribution of Income and Ownership of Assets: Trends in Sri Lanka - Saman Kelegama To Bellow Like a Cow - Radhika...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 7 (August/September 1993)
A Terrorist Question? Notes and Comments Crisis of Secularism - Sarvapali Gopal To Bellow Like a Cow - Radhika Coomaraswamy Gandhian Civil Disobedience in Sri Lanka - Mithran Thiruchelvam George Keyt: Painter, Lover of Women - Jane Russell Gambling and Its Dilemmas -...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 6 (July/August 1993)
The Month of Many Anniversaries Notes and Comments Bridges Across the Ethnic Divide - Stanley J. Tambiah The Nation in Sri Lankan Tamil Gatherings in Britain - E. Valentine Daniel Political Economy of Ethnic Violence in Sri Lanka: July 1983 - Sunil Bastian...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 5 (May/June 1993)
Change - But Less Than Appears Notes and Comments The National Question and Obstacles to Peace in Sri Lanka: Some Reflections - N. Shanmugaratnam The Ethnic Crisis: Politics Devoid of Economics - Mano Rajya Fractional Politics Dismantling Institutions of Democracy -...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 4 (April/May 1993)
Premadasa’s Legacy Notes and Comments Premadasa as President: A Posthumous Assessment - Jayadeva Uyangoda Economics of the Premadasa Regime Inform Field Report on Refugees Sri Lanka’s Provincial Elections The Provincial Elections: An Analysis - Sunil Bastian Letters...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 3 (March/April 1993)
Mandate, Faith and PC Elections Notes and Comments Becoming an NIE: A Strategy for Sri Lanka – Lal Jayawardena Nationalism, Federalism and Realism - Adrian Wijemanne Caste Struggles in Nothern Sri Lanka - N. Shanmugathasan Democratic State Formation and Human Rights -...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 2 (February 1993)
State vs. The Press Notes and Comments Open Economy in Sri Lanka - W. D. Lakshman Towards a Structural Perspective on South Asia - Newton Gunasinghe Punishing the Victim Massacre of Muslims: Its Meaning for Tamils - Rajan Hoole Educating for Peace: A Tamil...
Pravada Vol. 2 No. 1 (January 1993)
Rama Janmabhumi to Dhammadipa Notes and Comments 1992 - Year of Political Confusion - Jayadeva Uyangoda Growth vs. Welfare Populism in 1992- Sunil Bastian Human Rights - 1992 A Dismal Record - Charles Abeysekera Identity, Authority and Freedom (ii)- Edward Said...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 12 (December 1992)
Farewell to Nationalism Notes and Comments Teacher’s Role in Ethnic Conflict - II – Sasanka Perera Identity, Authority, and Freedom - Edward Said Politics of Reproduction - Sharon Stephens Phnom Penh, December 1992 - Sunila Abeysekera World Bank and the Politics of...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 11 (November 1992)
Concensus Still Elusive Notes and Comments Sri Lanka’s Ethnic War: The Muslim Dimension - Ameer Ali Civil War and Women of Jaffna - Stanley J. Tambiah Disunion Now: a Society Based Upon Small Units - Leopold Kohr Teacher’s Role in the Ethnic Conflict - Sasanka Perera...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 10 (October 1992)
An Opposition Opposing Itself Notes and Comments Nam in a Changing Global Context – Saman Kelegama Lingusitic Ethno-Nationalism - Stanley J. Tambiah White Women, Arrack Fortunes and Buddhist Girl’s Education - Kumari Jayawardena Scribes, Pharisees and Judges - Corups...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 9 (September 1992)
The Dead End of Populism Notes and Comments Third Worldism - Anila Cherian, Shan Manikkalingam and Robin Varghese Religion, Ethnicity & Personal Identity - Nighat Said Khan On State, Society and Discourse in India - Sudipta Kaviraj Nation State in Crisis - the...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 8 (August 1992)
Media Freedom and Responsibilty Notes and Comments Communalism and the Press - N. Ram Hate Speech - Sunil Abeyesekara and Kenneth L. Cain Media Under Attack Freedom of Expression in the North? For a Free Media - Lucien Rajakaurnanayake The Indo-Lanka Accord - Jayadeva...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 7 (July 1992)
Kandalama, Capital and Environment Notes and Comments Voodoo in Politics - Jayadeva Uyangoda Boys Will Be Boys - Qadri Ismail Tigerist Claims: A Critique - Ram Manikkalingam Massacres in the East Deliberate Killings A Verdict on Torture Peace: the Primacy of Human...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 6 (June 1992)
A City Awakened! Notes and Comments Yet Another UNP Filibuster - Qadri Ismail The Weva, the Dagaba, and the Hotel - Pradeep Jeganathan The Swami and the Sub-text - Radhika Commaraswamy On Sexual Violence - Vasuki Nesiah To Be Buddhist and Equal - Elizabeth Harris The...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 5 (May 1992)
Paradoxes of Buddhism Banning the LTTE Sub – Judice? - Jayadeva Uyangoda May Day! Mayday!! - Charles Abeysekera The Re – Making of Vesak Wesak Editorial from the Buddhist 1889 Buddhism of Dissent - Uma Chakravarti Buddhism and Gender Bias: A Jataka Tale - Kornvipa...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 4 (March/April 1992)
Re-politicizing the Ethnic Question Letters Tigerism - Ram Manikkalingam Reflections on Fear - Gameela Samarasinghe Gender Agenda - Khema Rodrigo Of Rural Heroines and Urbanized femme fatales - Malathi de Alwis More on the Gordimer Critique - S. Sumathy The Economic...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 3 (February 1992)
The Peace Offensive ‘There Can Be No Military Solution….’ Thondaman Bashing In Defence of a Political Solution Out of the Impasse Refugees: There Potential as a Force for Reconciliation and Peace - Rohini Hensman Revolt in the Temple - Corpus Delicti The Two Faces of...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 2 (January 1992)
Towards Openness in Economic Policy Making Black and White Thondaman Proposals: What Next? The Bank, the Fund and the Rest of Us - Jayadeva Uyangoda Privatisation of Plantations: Some Comments - Sumanasiri Liyanage ICJ on the NGO Commission Sri Lanka in the World...
Pravada Vol. 1 No. 1 (November 1991)
SAARC VI Towards Democratic Reforms Statement by the Civil Rights Movement Impeachment and the Constitutional Crisis – Jayadeva Uyangoda The Cosmic Dance – Corpus Delicti Through a Splintered Mirror: The Impeachment as Viewed by the Media – Ajith Samaranayake The BBC...