SEMINAR ISSUES 2012

SEMINAR 629, January 2012; INDIA 2011: a symposium on the year that was.

Aziz, Jahangir and Omkar Goswami

Annus horribilis

Bajpai, Kanti

India-China: the shadow of the future

Chishti, Seema

A shifting landscape

D’Souza, Dilip

Beyond Anna: complacent, complicit and yet hopeful

Dasgupta, Swapan

Falling back on ideological shibboleths

Gulati, Ashok

Reforming agriculture

Gupta, Dipankar

Beyond the metropolis

Jayal, Niraja Gopal

Annus civicus: the year of the citizen?

Mittal, Rajan Bharti

A lost opportunity

Mohan, C. Raja

Modernizing the raj legacy

Naqvi, Saeed

Turkey and the Arab spring

Ninan, T.N.

The ancien regime

Palshikar, Suhas

A moment of spurious democracy

Panda, Baijayant ‘Jay’

Crisis of representational politics

Raghavan, Srinath

Regional integration: from pipe dream to possibility

Shankar, Shylashri and Raghav Gaiha

Has the NREGS reached the poor?

Varadarajan, Siddharth

The great survivor

Yadav, Yogendra

Ambedkar and Lohia: a dialogue on caste

SEMINAR 630, February 2012; THE LUSOSPHERE: a symposium on India and the Portuguese speaking world.

de Oliveira, Jorge Roza

Lusophone visions of India

de Souza, Teotonio R.

From Christianization of karma to Luso-Tropicalism and Lusosphere

Fernandes, Jason Keith

Language, power and knowledge in the Lusosphere

Khilnani, Sunil and Constantino Xavier

The problem

Machado, Everton V.

What happened to Indian literature in Portuguese?

Menezes, Vivek

Goa and Lusosphere art

Pai, Nitin

Touching Timor-Leste

Pinto, Paulo Antônio Pereira

Experiments in cultural negotiation

Seminarist

Factfile

Stuenkel, Oliver

Seeing India through Brazilian eyes

Visvanathan, Shiv

For a new epistemology of the south

Xavier, Constantino

Historical links and future potential

SEMINAR 631, March 2012; SHOT IN THE ARM: a symposium on the future of immunization, vaccination and childhood disease.

Arora, Narendra

Making the right choice

Berkley, Seth

Interview (by Seminarist)

Chakravarthi, Indira

Need for caution

Datta Ghosh, Meenakshi

Need for pre-emptive intervention

Debroy, Bibek

Immunization and economic development

Ganguly, N.K. and Sanjukta Sengupta

A world without vaccines

John, T. Jacob

Lessons from the polio eradication campaign

Khera, Ajay, Anuradha Gupta, Hema Gogia and Sujatha Rao

India’s national immunization programme

Lal, Altaf A.

Collaboration, commitment and coordination

Pitroda, Satyen Gangaram

Interview (by Ashok Malik)

Santosham, Mathuram

The problem

Venkatachalam, Pritha

New challenges

SEMINAR 632, April 2012; A COUNTRY OF OUR OWN: a symposium on re-imagining South Asia.

Ahmed, Manan, Rohit Chopra and Aswin Punathambekar

A conversation

Altaf, Hasan

Brown as the mouths of rivers

Datta, Nonica

Desh ke bashinde? Nats and the politics of double name

Kidwai, Jamal

Family chronicles

Kumar, Amitava

Revolutionary road

Mohaiemen, Naeem

Kazi in nomansland

Nair, Neeti

Riyaaz, saadhana, taiyyari: life practices

Naqvi, Nauman

A secret South Asian meta-utopia

Saint, Tarun K.

The risk of writing

Shepard, Sadia

On revisiting Karachi

Singh, Avtar

Chasing fireflies

Vajpeyi, Ananya

The problem

SEMINAR 633, May 2012; CASTE MATTERS: a symposium on inequalities, identities and disintegrating hierarchies in India.

Gorringe, Hugo

Caste and politics in Tamil Nadu

Guru, Gopal, James Manor, Sudha Pai, Ghanshyam Shah and S.K. Thorat

Conversation on caste today (by Surinder S. Jodhka)

Harriss, John

Reflections on caste and class, hierarchy and dominance

Jadhav, Sushrut

Caste, culture and clinic (interview by S.S. Jodhka)

Jaffrelot, Christophe

The caste based mosaic of Indian politics

Jodhka, Surinder S.

The problem

Kela, Shashank

A party of the poor?

Manor, James

Accommodation and conflict

Mosse, David

Caste and Christianity

Natrajan, Balmurli

From jati to samaj

Prakash, Aseem

Caste and capitalism

Rao, Anupama

Stigma and labour: remembering dalit Marxism

Steur, Louisa

Dalit civil society activism

Teltumbde, Anand

Identity politics and the annihilation of castes

Tillin, Louise

Caste, territory and federalism

T.S., Ramesh Bairy

Beyond governmentality: casteing the brahmin

SEMINAR 634, June 2012; ENDING HUNGER: a symposium on the proposed national food security bill.

Alagh, Yoginder K.

Designing appropriate systems

Drèze, Jean

Poverty, targeting and food security

Kang, Bhavdeep

Grow food in abundance

Khera, Reetika

One step forward, one step back?

Kumar, Rajiv and Soumya Kanti Ghosh

Food subsidy bill: the larger picture

Mander, Harsh

Food from the courts

Mukhopadhyay, Amitabh

Beyond numbers

Sahai, Suman

Need for a different food security law

Seminarist

The problem

Shukla, Alok

Need for new thinking

Sinha, Alok

Why not food security?

SEMINAR 635, July 2012; URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS: a symposium on the problems of urbanization and haphazard growth of our cities.

Aijaz, Rumi

Expanding transport networks

Holm, Andrej

Excluded Berlin

Joshi, Sunjoy

The problem

Knoflacher, Hermann

Equity, mobility and sustainability

Krätke, Stefan

The world city network

Roy, Dunu

The city: split personality in the making

Samper, Eduardo

Regenerating public spaces

Schachtschneider, Ulrich

Ensuring an energy efficient transition

Sengupta, Jayshree

No place for the poor

Struyk, Raymond J.

Slums: the ultimate urban exclusion

Wu, Yue

Memory and culture in urban design

SEMINAR 636, August 2012; STREETSCAPES: a symposium on the future of the street.

Anjaria, Jonathan Shapiro

Is there a culture of the Indian street?

Bandyopadhyay, Ritajyoti, T.V. Prathamesh and Puja Guha

Zoning crossroads: a critique

Bawa, Zainab

Roads blocked: ‘work in progress’

Ensemble, Cybermohalla

Eleven streets

Gambetta, Curt and Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay

The problem

Garimella, Annapurna

In the round, on the street

Gill, Kaveri

Informal waste work in Delhi

Harris, Andrew

Aerial visions and grounded realities

Mani, Lata

Urban triptych

Sadana, Rashmi

The metro and the street

Saldanha, Leo F.

Whose streets?

Samanta, Gopa

Urban mobilities and the cycle rickshaw

Shetty, Prasad

Of blurry claims and forms

SEMINAR 637, September 2012; GOD’S OWN COUNTRY: a symposium on Kerala in transition.

Devika, J.

The beauty of unintended consequences

Kannan, K.P.

Transformations and tribulations

Kutty, V. Raman

Rethinking the Kerala ‘model’ in health

Mani, Sunil

Entrepreneurship and industry

Menon, R.V.G.

Science for social revolution

Panikkar, K.N.

Quest for quality in higher education

Parameswaran, M.P.

Musings of a people’s science activist

Raman, K. Ravi

Environmental modernity

Rammohan, K.T.

Contemporary politics: horrors and hope

Satchidanandan, K.

Society and literature

Seminarist

The problem

Tharamangalam, Joseph

Comparing Kerala and Cuba

Tharoor, Shashi

The way forward

Unny, E.P.

Cartooning chartbusters

Varma, M. Sarita

Men, women and the fidgety cat in the Kerala cupboard

Venkiteswaran, C.S.

Local narratives, national and global contexts

SEMINAR 638, October 2012; INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS: a symposium on exclusionary structures and practices in our schools.

Bandyopadhyay, Madhumita

Social disparity in elementary education

Chatterji Dutt, Shushmita

Freedom through education?

Darak, Kishore

Prescribed marginalization

Gupta, Vikas

Pluralism versus contest of identities

Kumar, Nita

Need for excellence, not literacy

Kumar, Sanjay and P.D. Singh

The problem

Mooney, Sister Cyril

The value of diversity (conversation with Kumar Rana and Anwesha Rana)

Oommen, T.K.

Ideology, culture and structure

Sachdeva, Suman

Inclusion personified

Savyasaachi

Decoding illiteracy

Shrinivasan, Mini

Confronting stereotypes

Singh, P.D. and Sanjay Kumar

Sanskara

Singh, Sonal

Creating civic engagement

Sleeter, Christine

The politics of justice (interview by Arvind Mishra)

Srivastava, Gouri

Equity and equality in schooling

SEMINAR 639, November 2012; INSTITUTIONAL LEGACY: a symposium on celebrating 50 years of the CSDS.

Bakshi, Rajni

Rethinking democracy

Bhargava, Rajeev

A Centre’s vision

Das, Veena

Gathering the Centre

Falk, Richard

Toward a pedagogy of humane political reconstruction

Kothari, Rajni

The Centre and Indian reality (interview by H. Ahmed, P. Vijaisri and A.K. Dubey)

Madan, T.N.

An outsider-insider view

Manor, James

There you will learn

Mohanty, Manoranjan

A global sarai

Nandy, Ashis

A past without history (conversation with H. Ahmed and P. Vijaisri)

Obeyesekere, Ranjini

A memorable interlude

Priya, Ritu

Reflections (Vignettes)

Rudolph, Lloyd I. and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph

Bridging knowledge and action

Shankari, Uma

Learning through association

Sheth, Dhirubhai

Interview (by Madhu Kishwar)

Taylor, Charles

Finding the right language

Vajpeyi, Ananya

CSDS diary

Yadav, Yogendra

A difficult transition

SEMINAR 640, December 2012; ASSAM: UNSTABLE PEACE: a symposium on politics, society, culture and the challenges of reconciliation.

Baishya, Amit R.

‘Returns’ to the past: violence, counter-memory and ethics

Barbora, Sanjay

After counter-insurgency: policing dissent in Assam

Baruah, Sanjib

Hydropower, mega dams, and the politics of risk

Baruah, Sanjib

The problem

Bhattacharjee, Nabanipa

Assam’s language warriors

Bhaumik, Subir

Democracy, dissent, divides

Dutta, Nandana

Civil society politics

Goswami, Sandhya

Changing trends of electoral politics

Hussain, Banajit

The Bodoland violence and the politics of explanation

Janer, Zilkia

Assamese food and the politics of taste

Kalita, Rakhee

Of ends and beginnings: war, peace and the interregnum

Kashyap, Aruni

The fiction of Assamese Augusts

Kolås, Åshild

What’s up with the territorial council?

Saikia, Yasmin

Connected histories

Sharma, Amiya

The persistence of the rural

COMMENT

Roberto Toscano

Talking to Tehran (March 2012)

Prahlad Shekhawat

From end of history to post-capitalist future of history (March 2012)

Ashutosh Kumar

Just another election? (March 2012)

Jyoti Malhotra

Indian and the Maldives (March 2012)

Seminarist

The Gulbarg House manifesto (April 2012)

Ramesh Sharma

A new parallel cinema? (May 2012)

C.P. Bhambhri

Fractionalized centre of power (May 2012)

Shiv Visvanathan

A matter of difference or a different matter (June 2012)

Maini, Tridivesh S.

Regional leaders and foreign policy (June 2012)

DeSouza, Peter Ronald

The habit of banning (June 2012)

Svati P. Shah

Reflections on the spatial politics of sex work in documentary film (August 2012)

Kallol Bhattacherjee

Obama 2.0: tense days ahead (December 2012)

FURTHER READING

Ujithra Ponniah

Caste Matters (May 2012)

ORF

Urban Transformations (July 2012)

Seminarist

Streetscapes (August 2012)

Seminarist

God’s Own Country (September 2012)

Deshkal Society

Inclusive Classrooms (October 2012)

Dutta, Uddipan

Assam: Unstable Peace (December 2012)

IN MEMORIAM

Gerson da Cunha

Bal Mundkur – one of a kind (February 2012)

Gerson da Cunha

The art and loss of Mario (February 2012)

Rudrangshu Mukherjee

P.N. Dhar 1919-2012 (August 2012)

Krishna Kumar

Anil Bordia 1934-2012 (October 2012)

Amrita Patel

Verghese Kurien 1921-2012 (October 2012)

Romila Thapar

Eric Hobsbawm 1917-2012 (November 2012)

ESSAY

Manas Ray

The cartoon controversy: crafty politicos, impatient pedagogues (July 2012)

Ananya Vajpeyi

‘Nimbus of empire, charisma of nation’ (August 2012)

Rajen Harshe

Handling student indiscipline (October 2012)

SEMINAR ISSUES

1. The Party in Power 2. Food for Forty Crores 3. Freedom and Planning 4. The Changing Village

5. Co-operative Farming 6. Two Sectors 7. Our Universities 8. Corruption 9. Films 10. Indians in Africa 11. A Language for India 12. Health 13. The Third World 14. Tribal India 15. Into Space 16. Artists and Art

17. Socialism Today 18. The Census 19. Our Foreign Policy 20. Waste 21. The Writer at Bay 22. Administration 23. North and South 24. Communalism 25. Philosophy 26. Science 27. Advertising 28. Music

29. Your Vote 30. Our Democracy 31. The U.N. 32. On Stage 33. Population Control 34. Election Analysis 35. India’s Defence 36. The Scientist 37. Our Neighbours 38. Indian Agriculture 39. Past and Present 40. Romanisation

41. The Emergency 42. The Press 43. Taxation 44. Crisis on the Campus 45. Non-Alignment 46. Gandhism 47. Censorship 48. India and Pakistan 49. Panchayati Raj 50. China 51. Emerging Leadership 52. The Indian Woman

53. The Coming Crisis 54. Worker’s Share 55. Scientific Attitude 56. India in the World 57. Needs and Resources 58. Kashmir 59. Jawaharlal Nehru 60. Prohibition 61. Energy 62. The Consumer 63. Nehru and the Ism 64. Our Changing Values

65. The Bomb 66. Parliament in Crisis 67. Secularism 68. Language 69. Goa 70. Caste 71. At School 72. Public Sector 73. Indo-Soviet Link 74. Money and Power 75. The War and After 76. Politics of Language

77. We and the World 78. The Plan 79. Our Cities 80. Elections and Power 81. Farms and Food 82. Science in Afro-Asia 83. India’s Defence Pattern 84. The I.C.S. 85. The Administrative Jungle 86. Aid or Trade 87. State Politics 88. Students in Turmoil

89. Your Vote 90. Our Union 91. The Economic Crisis 92. Our Brain Drain 93. The Cow 94. Election Outcome 95. Power Patterns 96. Asian Security 97. Books 98. Mass Communication 99. Design for Living 100. Seminar on Seminar

101. Prices 102. Unctad 103. Recession 104. The Future of Asia 105. The Budget and the Plan 106. Minority in Crisis 107. Politics and Society 108. Agricultural Revolution 109. Management Challenge 110. Our Security 111. The Centre and the States 112. Academic Colonialism

113. The New Left 114. Resources 115. Nationhood 116. Violence 117. Pakistan 118. Gerontocracy 119. Our External Relations 120. The Educated Unemployed 121. The Congress Party 122. Mahatma Gandhi 123. Conservation 124. Our Political Parties

125. Secularism in Crisis 126. Our Libraries 127. India’s Left 128. Modernisation 129. The Rural Base 130. Population Planning 131. Foreign Technology 132. Nation and Community 133. The Super Powers 134. The U.N. at 25 135. Two Neighbours 136. The Constitution

137. India 1970 138. Your Vote 139. Political Pointers 140. Land Hunger 141. The Blue Revolution 142. Bangladesh 143. The Economic Agenda 144. The 1971 Elections 145. China Today 146. A Nuclear India 147. Crisis in the Press 148. Acapolitics

149. India 1971 150. Impact of Bangaladesh 151. Secret Societies 152. West Bengal 153. State Elections 154. Permits and Licenses 155. India in Asia 156. Decentralisation 157. The Social Sciences 158. New Education 159. Clean Elections 160. The Mass Line

161. India 1972 162. Mass Housing 163. Calcutta 164. Federal Reorganisation 165. The Status of Women 166. Our Paralysed Universities 167. Garibi Hatao 168. A Committed Civil Service 169. Science Policy 170. No-Cost Reform 171. Mass Transport 172. The Indian Economy

173. India 1973 174. Indian Muslims 175. Population Threat 176. The Students Speak 177. The Untouchables 178. Marxism and India 179. The Multinationals 180. The Architect in India 181. The Indian Ocean 182. The Energy Crisis 183. Growing the Food 184. The Cinema Situation

185. India 1974 186. Foreign Policy 187. A Changed India 188. Inflation 189. Prices and Procurement 190. Medicines for the Masses 191. Urbanisation 192. The System 193. The Economists 194. The Legacy of Gandhi 195. Global Problems 196. Judgements

197. India 1975 198. The Economic Debate 199. New Trends 200. Life and Living 201. Changing Communism 202. A Military View 203. Where Do We Go From Here

seminar issues 204 to 209 were not printed because of censorship during the Emergency

210. Fear and Freedom 211. Images of the Emergency 212. The Elections 213. The Correctives 214. Atrocities 215. Rethinkings 216. The Janata Phase 217. External Alignments 218. The Police 219. Action Agendas 220. Bengal Scenario

221. India 1977 222. Indian Intellectuals 223. Economic Imperatives 224. Populist Politics 225. Defence and Detente 226. Federal Power Balance 227. The Rural Challenge 228. The Sixth Plan 229. New Dialogues 230. The Administrator 231. Trauma of the Triangle 232. Another TV

233. India 1978 234. Grassroots Democracy 235. The Village and the Communicator 236. Emerging Questions 237. Threatened Environment 238. Politics of Science 239. The Autonomy Myth 240. The Muslim Condition 241. The Election Business 242. Our Fractured Politics 243. Harijans 244. Economic Scenarios

245. India 1979 246. External Action 247. The Planets 248. Transition Politics 249. Development Dimensions 250. The Violent Present 251. Debating an Agenda 252. Policing 253. The Dangerous Decade 254. Studying our Society 255. Raw Power 256. Alternatives in Foreign Policy

257. India 1980 258. A Failed Science 259. The Politicians 260. Parliament 261. Concepts in Change 262. Levels of Consciousness 263. The World of Microprocessors 264. Search for Consensus 265. The Soviet Connection 266. Confusion in Economics 267. Peasants and Prices 268. Reservations

269. India 1981 270. The Arming of a Subcontinent 271. India: Seen from Abroad 272. The Campus Scene 273. Refocussings 274. Nepali Reflections 275. Childhood Today 276. Our National Character 277. Searching for Answers 278. The Future of Politics 279. Playing Games 280. A Confused World

281. India 1982 282. Three Hundred Millions 283. The Parallel Economy 284. Revivalism 285. Breakdown 286. Global Choices 287. Security 288. The Political Options 289. Federal Focus 290. Islam 291. Social Dilemmas 292. The Messy Media

293. This India 294. The Punjab Tangle 295. Marxian Shadings 296. Directions in Education 297. Values in Learning 298. Coalition Future 299. New Elites 300. The Sexist Media 301. A Federal Remedy 302. Lawless Laws 303. Pakistan Perceptions 304. Indira Gandhi

305. India 1984 306. Behind the Ballot 307. The National Condition 308. Using the Army 309. The Faces of Reality 310. A Warless World 311. Meditation 312. Architectural Pollution 313. The Hindus and Their Isms 314. Issues Within Issues 315. The Politics of Change 316. The Economy

317. India 1985 318. Purdah Culture 319. Freeing the Media 320. The Total State 321. Indian English 322. Divisive Currents 323. Scenarios for Change 324. Options in South Asia 325. The Judicial Jungle 326. Punjab Perspectives 327. Web of Censorship 328. Priorities

329. India 1986 330. The Politics of Ecology 331. Femicide 332. Urdu 333. Raj Thapar 1926-1987 334. Interventions 335. Our Institutions 336. A Second Republic 337. Sri Lanka 338. Past in the Present 339. Rethinking Theology 340. Romesh Thapar 1922-1987

341. India 1987 342. Sati 343. A Free Press 344. Integrity 345. Punjab 346. Drought 347. Right to Work 348. The Voluntary Option 349. New Dimensions in Science 350. Child Labour 351. Pakistan Scenarios 352. Farmer Power

353. India 1988 354. The Technology Missions 355. New Social Movements 356. Design and Aesthetics 357. Federalism 358. Foreign Policy in a Changing World 359. Literature and Society 360. The Panchayati Revival 361. Reflections 362. Parties and Politics 363. The Nehru Era 364. Mythifying History

365. Towards 2000 AD 366. The North East 367. Politics of the State 368. The People’s Verdict 369. Health for All? 370. Nuclear Power 371. Cricket Culture 372. Our Urban Future 373. Socialism in Crisis 374. Communal Divides 375. Reserved Futures 376. The Eighth Plan

377. India 1990 378. The Himalaya 379. City Nostalgia 380. Freeing the Economy 381. After the Gulf War 382. The Urban Woman 383. Defence Perspectives 384. New Writing in English 385. Beyond the Vote 386. Repercussions of Change 387. Identity 388. Politicians on Politics

389. India 1991 390. Making Waves 391. The Linguistic Landscape 392. Kashmir Today 393. The Soviet Experience 394. Dialogue 395. Real Concerns 396. aids 397. Wooing Japan 398. Understanding Punjab 399. Politics Today 400. Education and Ideology

401. India 1992 402. Ayodhya 403. Growing Up 404. The Telecom Revolution 405. Politics of Accountability 406. Managing our Natural Resources 407. Left Dilemmas 408. Culture, Communication and Change 409. Our Scientists 410. Population Planning 411. Revivalism and Identity 412. Marginalised Tribals

413. India 1993 414. Managing Energy 415. Future of the Mind 416. Islam: Reform and Renewal 417. The bjp 418. Seeds of Discontent 419. Infrastructure 420. Memories of Partition 421. Looking Back 422. The U.S. and Us 423. Parallel Practices 424. Family Matters

425. India 1994 426. Parks, Protection and People 427. Living Treasures 428. The Politics of Health 429. Globalisation and the Unions 430. Justice For All 431. Voices From the Field 432. The Matter of U.P. 433. Food Security 434. Rules and Laws 435. The Limits of Tolerance. 436. Learning to Change

437. India 1995 438. Grassroots Governance 439. Prisons and Punishment 440. The Election Carnival 441. A Question of Rights 442. Nationalism 443. Little Voices, Big Issues 444. Nuclear Fallout 445. The Other City 446. Cultural Studies 447. Reproductive Health 448. Maritime Security

449. India 1996 450. The State of Bihar 451. Democracy and Development 452. Workers and Unions 453. Symbolic Spaces 454. Political Exhaustion 455. Alternatives in Communication 456. Rethinking Institutions 457. Empowering Women 458. Media Trends 459. Unity or Incoherence 460. Futures

461. India 1997 462. Childhood 463. Refugees 464. Right to Education 465. Power Play 466. Wildlife 467. Conserving our Heritage 468. Nuclear (In)security 469. Swadeshi 470. Gujarat 471. Dalit 472. External Challenges

473. India 1998 474. Continuing Concerns 475. Growing Intolerance 476. The Sikh Spirit 477. The Pursuit of Purpose 478. Floods 479. Something Like a War 480. Cruel Choices 481. The Idea of Seminar 482. Family Business 483. Policespeak 484. Multiculturalism

485. India 1999 486. Environment: Myth and Reality 487. Looking East 488. Ageing 489. Unhealthy Trends 490. African Transitions 491. Street Vendors 492. Protecting Nature 493. Redesigning Curricula 494. Unviable Universities 495. Situating Sociology 496. Frameworks For Peace

497. India 2000 498. Markets in Motion 499. Waste-lands 500. Through the Decades 501. Culturescape 502. Our Corrupted Core 503. Globalization 504. Drug Abuse 505. Towards Equality 506. Reforming Politics 507. Economic Turmoil 508. Exclusion

509. India 2001 510. Porous Borders, Divided Selves 511. Beyond Numbers 512. States of Insecurity 513. Society Under Siege 514. Where People Matter 515. First City? 516. Shades of Green 517. Securing South Asia 518. The Aftermath of 9/11 519. Uncertain Futures 520. A World Without AIDS

521. India 2002 522. Rewriting History 523. Celebrating Craft 524. Imagining Futures 525. Unsettling Cinema 526. A Party in Waiting 527. The Great Game 528. City of Dreams 529. Empire 530. Restoration and Renewal 531. Footloose Labour 532. Abortion

533. India 2003 534. Beyond the Verdict 535. Changing Chennai 536. Are We Learning? 537. India Shining 538. The Diaspora 539. A Mandate for Change 540. Celebrating Women 541. New Priorities 542. Working Conservation 543. Amchem Goem 544. Elusive Justice

545. India 2004 546. Reclaiming Childhood 547. Revitalising Science 548. Democracy Derailed 549. Redressing Disadvantages 550. Gateway to the East 551. Speaking Truth to Power 552. Forests and Tribals 553. Creative Industries 554. India Revisited 555. Eye on Oil 556. 2010

557. India 2005 558. Dalit Perspectives 559. Soul City 560. Building Partnerships 561. Media Matters 562. The India-China Thaw 563. Education and Livelihoods 564. The Forsaken Drylands 565. The Elusive Triangle 566. Culinary Crossings 567. Re-imagining Punjab 568. Securing the Insecure

569. India 2006 570. Crafting an Education 571. Battleground U.P. 572. India Beckons 573. Envisioning Asia 574. Children First 575. Between Cultures 576. Experiments With Democracy 577. Nature, Wildlife, People 578. A Shifting Canvas 579. Transport for Liveable Cities 580. The Paradox That is Bihar

581. India 2007 582. Special Economic Zones 583. Unequal Status 584. Our Troubled Neighbourhood 585. City of Hope 586. Redrawing Boundaries 587. Mortgaging the Future 588.Talking Theatre 589. Unfinished Agendas-I 590. Unfinished Agendas-II 591. Battle for the States 592. The Neglected Teacher

593. India 2008 594. Effective Government 595. Agrarian Transitions 596. Changing Political Landscape 597. Knowledge in Question 598.Circuits of Cinema 599. National Security 600. Literary Landscapes 601. The Republic of Ideas 602. India’s Religious Minorities 603. Bangladesh Turnaround 604. Maternal and Newborn Health

605. India 2009 606. Climate Change Conundrum 607. Red Resurgence 608. The Enduring Epic 609. Fashioning Style 610. Living Together 611. Soldiers and States 612. Karnataka Vignettes 613. Nature Without Borders 614. The Pursuit of Happiness 615. We the People 616. From Protest to Politics

617. India 2010 618. Social Transformations 619. Women and Peace 620. States in Transition 621. Minorities and Pluralism 622. Dynasty 623. The Nation and its Poet 624. Democratizing Knowledge 625. Combating Corruption 626. Shades of Blue 627. Partnerships in Education 628. Dillee Meri Jaan