symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Sudha Pai, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, currently Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi

• DOES LAW AND ORDER MATTER?
  Smita Gupta, Political Editor, 'Ourlook', Delhi

• SIGNS OF ECONOMIC CHANGE
  Ajit Kumar Singh, Director, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow

• KILLING ITS CHILDREN SLOWLY
  Santosh Mehrotra, Planning Commission, Government of India, Delhi

• WHITHER EQUALITY
  Subhashini Ali, President, AIDWA (All India Democratic Women's Association); former Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Kanpur

• THE BENEFITS OF REORGANIZATION
  Vishvjit P. Singh, former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha); Chairman, Computer Department, AICC, Delhi

• mUSLIMS AND ELECTORAL politics
  Mohammad Mujtaba Khan, Head, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

• THE ELUSIVE SAMAJWAD
  A.K. Verma, Officiating Chair, Political Science Department, Christ Church College, Kanpur

• 'SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NOUGHT AVAILETH...'
  Yusuf Ahmad Ansari, Congress Party worker and author, Mehmoodabad

• FROM HEADY HINDUTVA TO VOTER DISENCHANTMENT
  Vidya Subrahmaniam, Deputy Editor, 'The Hindu', Delhi

• 'ASYMMETRIC REPRESENTATION' AND THE BSP IN U.P.
  Sohini Guha, doctoral candidate, Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal

• WISHFUL THINKING
  Radhika Ramaseshan, Political Editor, 'The Telegraph', Delhi

• THE PROSPECTS
  Sanjay Kumar, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

• THE ROAD AHEAD
  Salman Khurshid, President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Lucknow

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Charu Gupta, Jagpal Singh, Supriya RoyChowdhury, Ajay K. Mehra and Ashutosh Kumar 

• COMMENT
  Received from C.P. Bhambhri, Emeritus Professor, JNU, Delhi

• COMMUNICATION
  Received from Nahid Mehmood, Udaipur

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