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The Contents of Patitha Volume 1, 2003

In addition to the introduction and book reviews, volume 1 of Patitha (2003) includes the following essays:

• Eastman Colored Gods of Jaffna: A Socio-Political Reading of the Mural History of Jaffna by T. Sanaathanan (translated from the Tamil by Saminadan Wimal).
• Mapping Violent Narratives: War Memorials in Dhaka and the their Embeded Memories by Nayanika Mukerjee (translated from the English by Jagath Pathirage)
• Shopping Malls: Cathedrals of Consumption or Symbols of Hyper-reality? by Sasanka Perera
• The Killing of the Author by Post-Modernists by Desmond Mallikaarchchi.

The Contents of Patitha Volume 2, 2004

Patitha Volume 2 (2004) was designed as a special volume on reading urban space and reevaluating the concept of ‘magic realism'. In addition to the introduction, glossary and book reviews, volume 2 of Patitha (2004) includes the following essays:

• Building on Disappearance: Hong Kong Architecture and Colonial Space by Akbar Abbas (translated from the English by Harindra Dassanayake).
• Indigenizing the Colonial City: Late 19 th Century Colombo and its Landscape by Nihal Perera (translated from the English by Harindra Dassanayake).
• Magic Realism as a Post-Realism by Liyanage Amarakeerthi.

The Contents of Patitha Volume 3, 2005

Volume 3 of Patitha (2005) was conceived as a special volume on colonialism and postcolonial memory given the fact 2005 marks the 500 th year since the advent of European colonialism in South Asia . In addition to the introduction, glossary and book reviews, volume 3 of Patitha includes the following essays:

• The Savage Appetites: Cannibal Talk in the South Seas of the European Imagination by Gananath Obeyesekere (Translated from the English by Harindra Dassanayake).
• An Introduction to the Post Colonial Discourse by Jagath Pathirage.
• Ideology and Iconography: Arumgam Navalar as the Fifth Guravar ( teacher) by Pakkianadan Ahilan (Translated from the Tamil by Saminadan Wimal)
• The Uneasy Dialogue: Victorian Manliness and Local Codes of M asculinity in Sinhala Discourse by Jani de Silva (Translated from the English by Samudrika Sylva).
• The Return of Keppetipola's Cranium: Constructing the Authenticity of Sri Lankan Nationalism by Nira Wickramasinghe (Translated from the English by Krishantha Fredricks)

The Contents of Panuwal Volume 1, 2003:

In addition to the introduction and book reviews, volume 1 of Panuwal (2003) includes the following essays:

Constrictions of Identity: The Politics, the Rhetoric and the Confusions by Sasanka Perera (Trsnalted from the English by T. Sanaathanan).

God Kataragama as the Preeminent Deity of Sinhala Traders: Body Language of Sinhala Buddhist Traders by Desmond Mallikaarachchi (Translated from the Sinhala by Saminadan Wimal).

Recent Evidence of Commercial Trade Between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka by Osmand Bopeaarchchi (Translated from the Sinhala by Saminadan Wimal).

Running in The Family: Relationship Between Violence and Art in Sri Lanka by Sharon Bell (Translated from the Sinhala by Saminadan Wimal).

Nature of the Sign by Ferdinand de Saussure (Translated from the English by E. Murugayyan).

The Contents of Panuwal Volume 2 (2004):

Panuwal Volume 2 (2004) was conceived as a special issue on the politics of memory. In addition to the introduction and book reviews, volume 2 of Panuwal includes the following essays:

The Iconic Culture of Tamils: An Analysis of the Place of Icons in Tamil Culture by Kathigesu Sivathambi.

From Co-star to Deity: A Popular Holo of Jayalalitha Jayaram by Pramind Jacob (Translated from the English by S. Padmanadan).

Ideology and Iconography: Arumgam Navalar as the Fifth Guravar ( teacher) by Pakkianadan Ahilan.

Mapping Violent Narratives: War Memorials in Dhaka and the their Embedded Memories by Nayanika Mukerjee (Translated from the Sinhala by Saminadan Wimal).

Public Space and Monuments: Politics of Sanctioned and Contested Memory by Sasanka Perera (Translated from the English by A.J. Canagaratnam).