symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  A short statement of the issues involved

• WELCOME, THE AGE OF FEAR
  Ashis Nandy, political psychologist; social, cultural and political critic, Delhi

• PINK CHADDIS AND TOOTHLESS DAYS
  Tarun J. Tejpal, Editor and Publisher, 'Tehelka', Delhi

• MAKING SENSE OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY
  Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, journalist and political commentator, Gurgaon

• WHY PEOPLE DESIRE CHANGE
  Sudheendra Kulkarni, member, BJP election management team; former aide, Prime Minister Vajpayee's office, Delhi

• FROM THE BOTTOM UP
  Manvendra Singh, Member of Parliament (BJP), Barmer

• SHIFTING SANDS OF INDIAN POLITICS
  Sitaram Yechury, Member of the Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Delhi

• BRIDGING THE GENERATIONAL DIVIDE
  Manish Tewari, Spokesperson, Congress party, Delhi

• THE CHIRANJEEVI FACTOR
  K.N. Arun, Associate Editor, 'Sakal Times', Chennai

• INTERVIEW
  With Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers, and Steel; Member of Parliament, Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJSP) by Vijay Sanghvi, journalist; Chief of Bureau, 'Gujarat Mitra'

• CASTE POLITICS AND THE FUTURE OF BSP
  Seminarist, Lucknow

• DISLOCATION, DISCONNECT AND DISMEMBERMENT
  Yusuf Ansari, political activist and writer, UP

• IN DEFENCE OF SECULAR FUNDAMENTALISM
  Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and the Development of the North East Region, Delhi

• HOW SOON WILL THE 2009 ELECTION BE HISTORY?
  Surjit S. Bhalla, Managing Director, Oxus Research and Investments, Delhi

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by  Harsh Sethi, Tridip Suhrud and Prathama Banerjee

• COMMENT
  Competitive Political Democracy by C.P. Bhambhri, Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

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