symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Gurpreet Mahajan, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

• MATTERS OF RIGHT AND OF POLICY
  André Béteille, Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research; former Professor of Sociology, Delhi

• LIMITS OF RESERVATION
  Dipankar Gupta, Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

• DOES CASTE INDICATE DEPRIVATION?
  Pradipta Chaudhury, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

• WHY RESERVATION IS NECESSARY
  Sukhadeo Thorat, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Director, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, Delhi

• CORPORATE CLASS AND ITS 'VEIL OF IGNORANCE'
  Gopal Guru, Professor of Politics, CPS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

• THE POLITICS OF THE OBCs
  Christophe Jafferlot, Director, CERI, Paris

• RESERVATION FOR MUSLIMS
  Zoya Hasan, Professor of Politics, CPS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

• PROBLEMS OF GENERALIZATION
  Bhagat Oinam, teaches Philosophy at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, and D.A. Sadokpam, Consulting Editor, 'Manpur Research Forum', Delhi

• AMBEDKAR ON PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
  Valerian Rodrigues, Professor of Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi 

• CONSIDERATIONS FOR A POLICY FRAMEWORK
  D.L. Sheth, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Harsh Sethi, Arvind Narrain, Ashutosh Kumar and Dileep Padgaonkar

• FURTHER READING
  A select and relevant bibliography

• THE VANISHING INDIAN
  Remembering Shanta Gandhi 

• COMMUNICATION
  Received from M. Krishnamurthi, R.P. Singh and Upendra Baxi

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