SEMINAR ISSUES 2005

SEMINAR 545: January 2005; INDIA 2004: a symposium on the year that was.

Chandhoke, Neera

The taming of civil society

Cohen, Stephen P.

The US and South Asia

Dasgupta, Swapan

Evangelical Hindutva

Goswami, Omkar

The world and India

Gupta, Dipankar

Corporate responsibility

Hussain, Akmal

Towards peace and cooperation

Karnad, Bharat

Aim low, hit lower

Mehta, Pratap Bhanu

‘Natural allies’ at odds

Miller, Sam

The cities we deserve

Mohan, Peggy

Is English the language of India’s future?

Muralidhar, S.

Access to justice

Nair, Rukmini Bhaya

Are we what we eat?

Nanda, Meera

Making science sacred

Narain, Sunita

Need to change directions

Ninan, T.N.

Stymied reforms

Parthasarathy, Malini

Constructing a false reality?

Rangarajan, Mahesh

Congress in coalition

Reddy, Nandana

Working with children

Sanghvi, Vir

Two Indias

Sheth, D.L.

The change of 2004

Sheth, Suchitra

Gujarat’s balance sheet

Tejpal, Tarun J.

The ascent of the ordinary

SEMINAR 546: February 2005; RECLAIMING CHILDHOOD: a symposium on early childhood care and education.

The problem

Banerji, Rukmini

Pratham experiences

Chatterjee, Sudeshna

Environment by design

Chaudhary, Nandita and Neerja Sharma

From home to school

Jalan, Divya

The diverse learning needs of children

Prasad, Shirley

Playhouse at 50 (Comment)

Ramachandran, Vimala

Reflections on the ICDS programme

Reynolds, Pamela

Learning to listen

Roy, Anita

Tell me a story… (Comment)

Sharma, Bulbul

Childart (Comment)

Singh, Renu

The Montessori method

Sinha, Dipa

Caring for children

Taneja, Anjela R.V. and Ira Joshi

A people’s preschool

Trivedi, Vandana and Radhika Chandra

A walk in the clouds with a pocketful of magic

SEMINAR 547: March 2005; REVITALISING SCIENCE: a symposium on the importance of science and technology in our society.

The problem

Chandrasekaran, S. and V. Krishnan

Trends in chemical sciences

Dattagupta, Sushanta

The state of physics

Mashelkar, R.A.

Protecting intellectual property

Raghunathan, M.S.

India and the world of mathematics

Rao, C.N.R.

Science and survival

Rao, M.R.S.

Biology at crossroads

Rao, P. Rama and S. Ranganathan

Developing materials science

SEMINAR 548: April 2005; DEMOCRACY DERAILED: a symposium on the subversion of democracy by the monarch in Nepal.

Dateline Nepal

The problem

Bhattarai, Anil

The word and the world

Bhattarai, Baburam

Royal regression

deSouza, Peter Ronald and Solano Da Silva

Dialogues

Hachhethu, Krishna

What the people feel

Jha, Prashant

Interview with Pradeep Giri

Jha, Prashant

The Indian media (Comment)

Karki, Arjun

Political economy and social movements

Khanal, Krishna

The future of democracy

Lama, Mukta Singh

The working of democracy

Malik, Bela and Pradeep S. Wagle

When the state kills (Comment)

Muni, S.D.

India and the Nepal crisis

Roka, Hari

An unavoidable force

Thapa, Manjushree

Clarity amid extremism

Upreti, B.C.

Will the monarch survive?

SEMINAR 549: May 2005; REDRESSING DISADVANTAGES: a symposium on reservations and the private sector.

Beteille, Andre

Matters of right and of policy

Chaudhury, Pradipta

Does caste indicate deprivation?

Gupta, Dipankar

Limits of reservation

Guru, Gopal

Corporate class and its ‘veil of ignorance’

Hasan, Zoya

Reservation for Muslims

Jaffrelot, Christophe

The politics of the OBCs

Mahajan, Gurpreet

The problem

Oinam, Bhagat and D.A. Sadokpam

Problems of generalization

Rodrigues, Valerian

Ambedkar on preferential treatment

Sheth, D.L.

Considerations for a policy framework

Thorat, Sukhadeo

Why reservation is necessary

SEMINAR 550: June 2005; GATEWAY TO THE EAST: a symposium on Northeast India and the look east policy.

Baruah, Sanjib

The problem

Bezbaruah, M.P.

Prospects for tourism

Bhaumik, Subir

Guns, drugs and rebels

Das, Samir Kumar

The ethnic dimension

Dean, Karin

Territorialities yet unaccounted

Hazarika, Sanjoy

Waters of despair, waters of hope

Khanna, Sushil

Economic opportunities or continuing stagnation

Kikon, Dolly

Operation hornbill festival 2004

Miri, Mrinal

Community, culture, nation

Ramesh, Jairam

Northeast India in a new Asia

Saikia, Yasmin

The Tai-Ahom connection

Sharma, Jayeeta

A historical perspective

SEMINAR 551: July 2005; SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: a symposium on people’s right to information.

Arvind Khejriwal

Holding officialdom accountable (Comment)

Batra, Bikram Jeet

Silent and secret executions (Comment)

Bhattacharjea, Ajit

From freedom to right

CHRI

Report

Gandhi, Shailesh

A path to swaraj (Comment)

Grover, Vrinda

The ‘missing’ link (Comment)

Kannabiran, Kalpana

Expanding the public domain

Kardaley, Prakash

A new era

MKSS Collective

The problem

Mukhopadhyay, Amitabh

Social audit

Muralidharan, Sukumar

The challenge to media

NCPRI

Document

Roy, Aruna and Sowmya Kidambi

Secret ballots and transparent campaigns

Roy, Dunu

Wrong information, right choices?

Sastry, Trilochan

Disclosure norms

Singh, Shekhar

The notion of transparency

Sivakumar, Sowmya and Eric Kerbart

Changing discourse

SEMINAR 552: August 2005; FORESTS AND TRIBALS: a symposium on the proposed bill recognising tribals rights on forest lands.

Document

The problem

Dang, Himraj

The end of conservation

Goenka, Debi

A non-solution

Jayakrishnan, P.V.

Is there a need for this bill?

Karanth, K. Ullas and Praveen Bhargav

De-fragmenting nature

Kothari, Ashish

Bungle in the jungle

Mohanty, Biswajit

A field view

Prabhu, Pradip

The right to live with dignity

Rathore, Goverdhan

Tigers and tribes

Sahgal, Bittu, Lakshmy Raman, Bidisha Basu and Shivani Shah

Citizens of the forest

Seminarist

The conservation conundrum

Singh, Digvijaya

The real issues

Singh, Tavleen

Lies about tribal rights

SEMINAR 553: September 2005; CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: a symposium on culture based development strategies.

The problem

Bissell, William

Craftmarks (Notes)

Engelhardt, Richard A.

A vector for sustainable development

Evans, Simon

Creative clusters

Garzon, Alvaro

Economic treaties and cultural trade

Ho, Patrick

Planning for a renaissance (Notes)

Howkins, John

Enhancing creativity

Jaitly, Jaya

Crafts as industry

McNulty, Robert H.

Culture and solidarity

Sethi, Rajeev

Towards a national policy

Shaeffer, Sheldon

Cultural regeneration as business

Singh, Faith

Anokhi

SEMINAR 554: October 2005; INDIA REVISITED; a symposium on reorienting our policy on tourism.

Document

The problem

Brooks, Graham

Emerging strategies for cultural tourism

Cherian, Dilip

A link to equitable growth

Dang, Himraj

Tourism and wildlife conservation

Dominic, Jose

From here where?

Raje, Vasundhara

Facilitating tourism (Speech)

Sardesai, Vikram Kiron

Showcasing heritage

Seth, Suhel

Incredibly incredulous?

Singh, N.K.

Leveraging globalisation

Subramaniam, Prem

Partnerships in tourism

Talwar, Rajeev

Policy features

SEMINAR 555: November 2005; EYE ON OIL: a symposium on securing oil to ensure our energy future.

Ahmad, Talmiz

Geopolitics of oil

Aiyar, Mani Shankar

Interview

Batra, Ravi

USA, China and India: the oil stakes

Chaudhuri, Saumitra

Price policy for refined petroleum products

Chengappa, Raj

A new nuclear wave

Mehta, Vikram Singh

Can oil majors help?

Noronha, Ligia

The problem

Pachauri, R.K.

Oil in India’s energy future

Raha, Subir

Energy tomorrow

Rao, T.N.R.

Involve private players

Zutshi, H.L.

Pricing petroleum

SEMINAR 556: December 2005; 2010; a symposium on India at the end of the decade.

The problem

Ansari, Yusuf

Freedom at twilight

Bajpai, Kanti

Perilous to ignore development

Loyd, David

Confounding critics

Murari, Timeri N.

Dreaming a new dream

Seth, Suhel

The elephant or the tiger?

Singh, Kanishka

Dreaming of India in 2010

Singh, Manvendra

Politics and progress

Tully, Mark

Still in slow motion

Varma, Pavan K.

To be a credible world power

FURTHER READING

Democracy Derailed

April 2005

Redressing Disadvantages

May 2005

Gateway to the East

June 2005

Eye on Oil

November 2005

COMMENT

Sharachchandra Lele and Ajit Menon

Draft NEP 2004: a flawed vision (March 2005)

Vinod Raina

The national curriculum framework (August 2005)

Ravi Nair

The foreign contribution bill (September 2005)

P.K. Sen

Dignity in poverty (September 2005)

Bimal Jalan

Wanted: a barefoot minister (October 2005)

Anjor Bhaskar

Images of a yatra (October 2005)

S. Faizi

Adivasis and forest management (October 2005)

Arup Maharatna

Market, media, and mediocrity (October 2005)

ESSAY

Dilip D’Souza

Is he married yet? (July 2005)

IN MEMORIAM

Seminarist

J.N. Dixit: the other idea of India (February 2005)

Rta Kapur Chishti

The vanishing Indian: remembering Shanta Gandhi (May 2005)

SEMINAR ISSUES

1. The Party in Power 2. Food for Forty Crores 3. Freedom and Planning 4. The Changing Village

5. Co-operative Farming 6. Two Sectors 7. Our Universities 8. Corruption 9. Films 10. Indians in Africa 11. A Language for India 12. Health 13. The Third World 14. Tribal India 15. Into Space 16. Artists and Art

17. Socialism Today 18. The Census 19. Our Foreign Policy 20. Waste 21. The Writer at Bay 22. Administration 23. North and South 24. Communalism 25. Philosophy 26. Science 27. Advertising 28. Music

29. Your Vote 30. Our Democracy 31. The U.N. 32. On Stage 33. Population Control 34. Election Analysis 35. India’s Defence 36. The Scientist 37. Our Neighbours 38. Indian Agriculture 39. Past and Present 40. Romanisation

41. The Emergency 42. The Press 43. Taxation 44. Crisis on the Campus 45. Non-Alignment 46. Gandhism 47. Censorship 48. India and Pakistan 49. Panchayati Raj 50. China 51. Emerging Leadership 52. The Indian Woman

53. The Coming Crisis 54. Worker’s Share 55. Scientific Attitude 56. India in the World 57. Needs and Resources 58. Kashmir 59. Jawaharlal Nehru 60. Prohibition 61. Energy 62. The Consumer 63. Nehru and the Ism 64. Our Changing Values

65. The Bomb 66. Parliament in Crisis 67. Secularism 68. Language 69. Goa 70. Caste 71. At School 72. Public Sector 73. Indo-Soviet Link 74. Money and Power 75. The War and After 76. Politics of Language

77. We and the World 78. The Plan 79. Our Cities 80. Elections and Power 81. Farms and Food 82. Science in Afro-Asia 83. India’s Defence Pattern 84. The I.C.S. 85. The Administrative Jungle 86. Aid or Trade 87. State Politics 88. Students in Turmoil

89. Your Vote 90. Our Union 91. The Economic Crisis 92. Our Brain Drain 93. The Cow 94. Election Outcome 95. Power Patterns 96. Asian Security 97. Books 98. Mass Communication 99. Design for Living 100. Seminar on Seminar

101. Prices 102. Unctad 103. Recession 104. The Future of Asia 105. The Budget and the Plan 106. Minority in Crisis 107. Politics and Society 108. Agricultural Revolution 109. Management Challenge 110. Our Security 111. The Centre and the States 112. Academic Colonialism

113. The New Left 114. Resources 115. Nationhood 116. Violence 117. Pakistan 118. Gerontocracy 119. Our External Relations 120. The Educated Unemployed 121. The Congress Party 122. Mahatma Gandhi 123. Conservation 124. Our Political Parties

125. Secularism in Crisis 126. Our Libraries 127. India’s Left 128. Modernisation 129. The Rural Base 130. Population Planning 131. Foreign Technology 132. Nation and Community 133. The Super Powers 134. The U.N. at 25 135. Two Neighbours 136. The Constitution

137. India 1970 138. Your Vote 139. Political Pointers 140. Land Hunger 141. The Blue Revolution 142. Bangladesh 143. The Economic Agenda 144. The 1971 Elections 45. China Today 146. A Nuclear India 147. Crisis in the Press 148. Acapolitics

149. India 1971 150. Impact of Bangaladesh 151. Secret Societies 152. West Bengal 153. State Elections 154. Permits and Licenses 155. India in Asia 156. Decentralisation 157. The Social Sciences 158. New Education 159. Clean Elections 160. The Mass Line

161. India 1972 162. Mass Housing 163. Calcutta 164. Federal Reorganisation 165. The Status of Women 166. Our Paralysed Universities 167. Garibi Hatao 168. A Committed Civil Service 169. Science Policy 170. No-Cost Reform 171. Mass Transport 172. The Indian Economy

173. India 1973 174. Indian Muslims 175. Population Threat 176. The Students Speak 177. The Untouchables 178. Marxism and India 179. The Multinationals 180. The Architect in India 181. The Indian Ocean 182. The Energy Crisis 183. Growing the Food 184. The Cinema Situation

185. India 1974 186. Foreign Policy 187. A Changed India 188. Inflation 189. Prices and Procurement 190. Medicines for the Masses 191. Urbanisation 192. The System 193. The Economists 194. The Legacy of Gandhi 195. Global Problems 196. Judgements

197. India 1975 198. The Economic Debate 199. New Trends 200. Life and Living 201. Changing Communism 202. A Military View 203. Where Do We Go From Here

seminar issues 204 to 209 were not printed because of censorship during the Emergency

210. Fear and Freedom 211. Images of the Emergency 212. The Elections 213. The Correctives 214. Atrocities 215. Rethinkings 216. The Janata Phase 217. External Alignments 218. The Police 219. Action Agendas 220. Bengal Scenario

221. India 1977 222. Indian Intellectuals 223. Economic Imperatives 224. Populist Politics 225. Defence and Detente 226. Federal Power Balance 227. The Rural Challenge 228. The Sixth Plan 229. New Dialogues 230. The Administrator 231. Trauma of the Triangle 232. Another TV

233. India 1978 234. Grassroots Democracy 235. The Village and the Communicator 236. Emerging Questions 237. Threatened Environment 238. Politics of Science 239. The Autonomy Myth 240. The Muslim Condition 241. The Election Business 242. Our Fractured Politics 243. Harijans 244. Economic Scenarios

245. India 1979 246. External Action 247. The Planets 248. Transition Politics 249. Development Dimensions 250. The Violent Present 251. Debating an Agenda 252. Policing 253. The Dangerous Decade 254. Studying our Society 255. Raw Power 256. Alternatives in Foreign Policy

257. India 1980 258. A Failed Science 259. The Politicians 260. Parliament 261. Concepts in Change 262. Levels of Consciousness 263. The World of Microprocessors 264. Search for Consensus 265. The Soviet Connection 266. Confusion in Economics 267. Peasants and Prices 268. Reservations

269. India 1981 270. The Arming of a Subcontinent 271. India: Seen from Abroad 272. The Campus Scene 273. Refocussings 274. Nepali Reflections 275. Childhood Today 276. Our National Character 277. Searching for Answers 278. The Future of Politics 279. Playing Games 280. A Confused World

281. India 1982 282. Three Hundred Millions 283. The Parallel Economy 284. Revivalism 285. Breakdown 286. Global Choices 287. Security 288. The Political Options 289. Federal Focus 290. Islam 291. Social Dilemmas 292. The Messy Media

293. This India 294. The Punjab Tangle 295. Marxian Shadings 296. Directions in Education 297. Values in Learning 298. Coalition Future 299. New Elites 300. The Sexist Media 301. A Federal Remedy 302. Lawless Laws 303. Pakistan Perceptions 304. Indira Gandhi

305. India 1984 306. Behind the Ballot 307. The National Condition 308. Using the Army 309. The Faces of Reality 310. A Warless World 311. Meditation 312. Architectural Pollution 313. The Hindus and Their Isms 314. Issues Within Issues 315. The Politics of Change 316. The Economy

317. India 1985 318. Purdah Culture 319. Freeing the Media 320. The Total State 321. Indian English 322. Divisive Currents 323. Scenarios for Change 324. Options in South Asia 325. The Judicial Jungle 326. Punjab Perspectives 327. Web of Censorship 328. Priorities

329. India 1986 330. The Politics of Ecology 331. Femicide 332. Urdu 333. Raj Thapar 1926-1987 334. Interventions 335. Our Institutions 336. A Second Republic 337. Sri Lanka 338. Past in the Present 339. Rethinking Theology 340. Romesh Thapar 1922-1987

341. India 1987 342. Sati 343. A Free Press 344. Integrity 345. Punjab 346. Drought 347. Right to Work 348. The Voluntary Option 349. New Dimensions in Science 350. Child Labour 351. Pakistan Scenarios 352. Farmer Power

353. India 1988 354. The Technology Missions 355. New Social Movements 356. Design and Aesthetics 357. Federalism 358. Foreign Policy in a Changing World 359. Literature and Society 360. The Panchayati Revival 361. Reflections 362. Parties and Politics 363. The Nehru Era 364. Mythifying History

365. Towards 2000 AD 366. The North East 367. Politics of the State 368. The People’s Verdict 369. Health for All? 370. Nuclear Power 371. Cricket Culture 372. Our Urban Future 373. Socialism in Crisis 374. Communal Divides 375. Reserved Futures 376. The Eighth Plan

377. India 1990 378. The Himalaya 379. City Nostalgia 380. Freeing the Economy 381. After the Gulf War 382. The Urban Woman 383. Defence Perspectives 384. New Writing in English 385. Beyond the Vote 386. Repercussions of Change 387. Identity 388. Politicians on Politics

389. India 1991 390. Making Waves 391. The Linguistic Landscape 392. Kashmir Today 393. The Soviet Experience 394. Dialogue 395. Real Concerns 396. aids 397. Wooing Japan 398. Understanding Punjab 399. Politics Today 400. Education and Ideology

401. India 1992 402. Ayodhya 403. Growing Up 404. The Telecom Revolution 405. Politics of Accountability 406. Managing Our Natural Resources 407. Left Dilemmas 408. Culture, Communication and Change 409. Our Scientists 410. Population Planning 411. Revivalism and Identity 412. Marginalised Tribals

413. India 1993 414. Managing Energy 415. Future of the Mind 416. Islam: Reform and Renewal 417. The bjp 418. Seeds of Discontent 419. Infrastructure 420. Memories of Partition 421. Looking Back 422. The U.S. and Us 423. Parallel Practices 424. Family Matters

425. India 1994 426. Parks, Protection and People 427. Living Treasures 428. The Politics of Health 429. Globalisation and the Unions 430. Justice For All 431. Voices From the Field 432. The Matter of U.P. 433. Food Security 434. Rules and Laws 435. The Limits of Tolerance. 436. Learning to Change

437. India 1995 438. Grassroots Governance 439. Prisons and Punishment 440. The Election Carnival 441. A Question of Rights 442. Nationalism 443. Little Voices, Big Issues 444. Nuclear Fallout 445. The Other City 446. Cultural Studies 447. Reproductive Health 448. Maritime Security

449. India 1996 450. The State of Bihar 451. Democracy and Development 452. Workers and Unions 453. Symbolic Spaces 454. Political Exhaustion 455. Alternatives in Communication 456. Rethinking Institutions 457. Empowering Women 458. Media Trends 459. Unity or Incoherence 460. Futures

461. India 1997 462. Childhood 463. Refugees 464. Right to Education 465. Power Play 466. Wildlife 467. Conserving our Heritage 468. Nuclear (In)security 469. Swadeshi 470. Gujarat 471. Dalit 472. External Challenges

473. India 1998 474. Continuing Concerns 475. Growing Intolerance 476. The Sikh Spirit 477. The Pursuit of Purpose 478. Floods 479. Something Like a War 480. Cruel Choices 481. The Idea of Seminar 482. Family Business 483. Policespeak 484. Multiculturalism

485. India 1999 486. Environment: Myth and Reality 487. Looking East 488. Ageing 489. Unhealthy Trends 490. African Transitions 491. Street Vendors 492. Protecting Nature 493. Redesigning Curricula 494. Unviable Universities 495. Situating Sociology 496. Frameworks For Peace

497. India 2000 498. Markets in Motion 499. Wastelands 500. Through the Decades 501. Culturescape 502. Our Corrupted Core 503. Globalization 504. Drug Abuse 505. Towards Equality 506. Reforming Politics 507. Economic Turmoil 508. Exclusion

509. India 2001 510. Porous Borders, Divided Selves 511. Beyond Numbers 512. States of Insecurity 513. Society Under Siege 514. Where People Matter 515. First City? 516. Shades of Green 517. Securing South Asia 518. The Aftermath of 9/11 519. Uncertain Futures 520. A World Without AIDS.

521. India 2002 522. Rewriting History 523. Celebrating Craft 524. Imagining Futures 525. Unsettling Cinema 526. A Party in Waiting 527. The Great Game 528. City of Dreams 529. Empire 530. Restoration and Renewal 531. Footloose Labour 532. Abortion

533. India 2003 534. Beyond the Verdict 535. Changing Chennai 536. Are We Learning? 537. India Shining 538. The Diaspora 539. A Mandate for Change 540. Celebrating Women 541. New Priorities 542. Working Conservation 543. Amchem Goem 544. Elusive Justice