symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  A short statement of the issues involved

• CAN THE CONGRESS FIND A FUTURE?
  Mani Shankar Aiyar, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha); Chairman, Department of Policy Planning and Coordination, Congress Party, Delhi

• ORGANISATIONAL RENEWAL
  James Manor, Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

• CONGRESS, SECULARISM AND FREEDOM
  Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Professor of Philosophy and of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

• CHALLENGING HINDUTVA
  Jyotirmaya Sharma, Resident Editor, 'The Times of India', Hyderabad

• ENSURING GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS
  J.N. Dixit, IFS, former Foreign Secretary, GOI; presently, Vice Chairperson Foreign Affairs Department of the Congress Party, Delhi

• RELOADING THE FAMILY MATRIX
  Harish Khare, Associate Editor, 'The Hindu'

• A MATTER OF FAITH
  Edward Luce, Bureau Chief, South Asia, 'Financial Times' (UK)

• BRIDGING THE DIVIDE
  Sahabzada Yusuf Ahmad Ansari, former Member, Department of Policy Planning and Coordination, AICC, Delhi

• LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE
  Arati R. Jerath, columnist; formerly with 'The Indian Express', Delhi

• A SLEEPING GIANT
  Salman Khurshid, Special Invitee, Congress Working Committee; former Minister of State for External Affairs, Delhi

• THE NEW CONGRESS VOTER
  Yogendra Yadav, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

• A TIMELINE OF CONGRESS HISTORY

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Aarti Saihjee, D. Bandyopadhyay, Raviprasad Narayanan, Ashutosh Kumar and Harsh Sethi 

• COMMENT
  Received from Sanjaya Baru, Editor, 'The Financial Express'; Harsh Sethi, 'Seminar'; Emma Williams, 'The Spectator', UK

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