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When I was waiting for the white dove M A Nuhman I was waiting in my courtyard For the arrival of the white dove The hawk came first And took away my chicks Then Came a vulture And landed on the coconut tree In my courtyard It purges a volley of shells Tearing apart my house and living My soul withers And I am refugee once again. -1997 Translated from Tamil by Sumathy and M A Nuhman HOME

August 2002 Editorial Comments: Conflict Resolution... Anaesthetizing the BodyPolitic - Vasuki Nesiah On Activism - Ahilan Kadirgmar When I was Waiting for the White Dove - M A Nuhman Translation my back-side neighbour -- Arjuna Parakrama On Sectarianism - Kumar David Review of Sri Lanka: Global Challenges - Aaron Moore Globalization for Whom? - Dani Rodrik Limits of Nationalism - Cheran Human Rights and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka - Alan Keenan Cultural andLinguistic Cousciousness of the Tamil Community - K. Kailaspathy Identity of a Man - M A Nuhman "Don't talk about Human Rights" - Kevin Shimmin Interviews: A. Sivanandan Nirmala Rajasingam The Global Sounds of the Asian Underground - Nilanjana Bhattachariya Realities and Representation - Raif Zreik How to Wage War the American Way - Malathi de Alwis The Alternative Law Forum The Climate in South Asia: Hot and Nuclear - M. V. Ramana On Our Cover Art HOME