symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Chandan Gowda, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion, National Law School of India, Bangalore

• THE IDEA OF KARNATAKA
  U.R. Ananthamurthy, writer, Bangalore, in conversation with Chandan Gowda

• PLACING NORTH KARNATAKA 
  Amaresh Nugadoni, writer; Associate Professor, Kannada Literature Studies, Hampi University

• VILLAGE DEITIES
  Siddalingaiah, poet; Professor, Centre for Kannada Studies, Bangalore University and Chairperson, Kannada Book Authority, Bangalore, in conversation with Chandan Gowda

• WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
  A.R. Vasavi, social anthropologist; faculty, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore; currently at IIAS, Shimla

• FOOD ET CETERA
  Rahmat Tarikere, Department of Kannada Literature Studies, Hampi University

• THE AESTHETICS OF 'THE GROUND UP' CITY
  Solomon Benjamin, Associate Professor, Urban Research and Policy Program, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

• ENVISIONING THE FUTURE IN BANGALORE
  Balaji Parthasarathy, ICICI Associate Professor, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore

• ON THE LIGHTER SIDE 
  P. Mahamud, 'Prajavani', Bangalore

• A NEW URBANISM IN MYSORE? 
  Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi, Assistant Professor of Humanities, San Francisco State University

• INTRIGUINGLY POISED
  Girish Nikam, independent journalist, Delhi

• THE MUSICAL WORLDS OF KARNATAKA
  Deepa Ganesh, Assistant Editor, 'The Hindu', Bangalore

• CELEBRATING KARNATAKA
  Vinod Vyasulu, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore 

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Prakash Belawadi, Michael Carter and Girdhar Rathi

• COMMENT
  Obituary For A New Manifesto by Shiv Visvanathan, Social Science Nomad 

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