Index 1999
SEMINAR 473: January 1999
INDIA 1998: a symposium on the year that was
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Agarwal, Anil and Sunita Narain |
The first green vote? |
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Baru, Sanjaya |
The Asian economic crisis and India |
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Datta-Chaudhuri, Mrinal |
Some lessons from 1998 |
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Khare, Harish |
Old axis, new nexus |
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Kumar, Kuldeep |
At a crossroads |
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Kumar, Radha |
Foreign policy disasters |
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Mahajan, Vijay |
Challenges before voluntarism |
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Ninan, T.N. |
A year in purgatory |
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Rangarajan, Mahesh |
Remaking the map of India |
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Sanghvi, Vir |
Misgovernance |
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Sheth, D.L. |
Globalization and the grassroots movements |
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Singh, Manvendra |
After operation shakti |
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Srivastava, Ravi |
Two steps forward, one step back |
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Veeravalli, Anuradha |
Experiments in the science of peace |
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Visvanathan, Shiv |
The disappearance of the political |
SEMINAR 474: February 1999
CONTINUING CONCERNS:
a
symposium on some problems facing the polity.
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The problem |
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Choudhury, Sujit |
The north east: a concept re-examined |
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Ramachandran, Vimala |
Visible but unreached |
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Ramanathan, Usha |
Judicial concerns |
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Sarkar, Tilak |
Techno savvy |
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Sinha, Shantha |
Child labour and education |
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Surendra, Lawrence |
Between nirvana and karma economics |
SEMINAR 475: March 1999
GROWING INTOLERANCE:
a symposium on the increasing polarization in our society.|
The problem |
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Alam, Javeed |
Why secularism |
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Bajpai, Shailaja |
Culture and television |
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Butalia, Urvashi |
Sanctified closures |
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D’Monte, Darryl |
The fires next time |
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Hoskote, Ranjit |
Conversion and inversion: the paradox of India’s present |
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Koshy, Ninan |
UN declaration |
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Mithal, Akhilesh |
Culture fracture |
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Pinto, Ambrose |
Hierarchy vs. egalitarianism |
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Sharma, Jyotirmaya |
Islam’s piety, Naipaul’s pride |
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Shukla, Wagish |
Back to the future |
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Thapar, Romila |
Somanatha: narratives of a history |
SEMINAR 476: April 1999
THE SIKH SPIRIT:
a symposium on the issues facing the Khalsa at 300.|
The problem |
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Banga, Indu |
Sikh perceptions in the forties |
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Gupta, Dipankar |
Misrepresenting minorities |
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Jodhka, Surinder S. |
Return of the middle class |
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Judge, Avtar Singh |
Comment: Butt and barrel of Sikh humour |
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Kaur, Ravinder and Amrit Srinivasan |
The better half |
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Malik, Baljit |
Comment: Greening and preening the Khalsa |
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Rai, Gurmeet Sangha |
Comment: Sacrilege |
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Sandhu, Kanwar |
Political shenanigans |
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Sekhon, Harinder Kaur |
Women in Sikhism |
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Singh, Bhai Baldeep |
Comment:Sikh kirtan maryada |
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Singh, Giani Gurdit |
Comment: The gurdwara in history |
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Singh, Khushwant |
Fifteen fateful years: 1984-1999 |
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Singh, Patwant |
From divinity to defiance |
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Sodhi, H.S. |
The Sikh-Khalsa tradition |
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Uberoi, J.P.S. |
Martyrdom |
SEMINAR 477: May 1999
THE PURSUIT OF PURPOSE:
a symposium on visions and collective styles for institution building.|
Dabholkar, Devdatta |
In quest of the golden fleece |
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Damle, Raju |
Networking for reforms |
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Narasimhan, R. |
Men, machine and ideas |
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Raghuram, Shobha |
Ethics and purpose |
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Raghavan, K. Vijay |
Defying logic |
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Raina, Vinod |
Promoting people’s science |
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Saberwal, Satish |
The problem |
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Summerton, Oswald |
A psycho-social look |
SEMINAR 478: June 1999
FLOODS:
a symposium on flood control and management.|
Ahmed, Imtiaz |
Governance and floods |
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Awasthi, Sanjay |
Comment: A people’s initiative |
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Bandhyopadhyay, Jayanta |
Need for a realistic view |
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D’Souza, Rohan |
The problem |
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Dixit, Ajaya |
Reconceptualising mitigation |
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Gogoi, Promode |
Assam’s woes |
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Kapoor, Sanjay |
Comment: Flooding corruption |
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Mishra, Dinesh Kumar |
The embankment trap |
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Rangachari, R. |
Some disturbing questions |
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Roy, Dunu |
Drowning people, killing hope |
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Swain, Ashok |
An increasing menace |
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Williams, Philip B. |
Flood control vs. flood management |
SEMINAR 479: July 1999
SOMETHING LIKE A WAR:
a symposium on low intensity conflicts.|
Bose, Nayana |
‘Angels’ who bring god’s blessing |
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Kanwal, Gurmeet |
Kargil |
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Karim, Afsir |
The conflict in Kashmir |
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Mehta, Ashok K. |
Tackling the tigers |
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Nayar, V.K. |
Moving away from realpolitik |
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Rao, B.V.P. |
Small weapons and national security |
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Raza, Maroof |
The problem |
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Roy-Chaudhury, Rahul |
Unconventional terror |
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Singh, Manvendra |
The soldier’s story |
SEMINAR 480: August 1999
CRUEL CHOICES:
a symposium on the state of our politics and political system.|
The problem |
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Ananth, V. Krishn |
Brahmanisation of the dravida legacy |
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Banerjee, Mukulika |
Mamata’s khomota |
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Chandra, Kanchan |
Mobilizing the excluded |
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Gupta, Shaibal |
A messiah for Bihar? |
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Heath, Oliver |
The fractionalisation of Indian parties |
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Jayal, Niraja Gopal |
What elections are not about |
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Khare, Harish |
Collected words of Sonia Gandhi |
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Kumar, Sanjay |
Delhi’s poor |
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Mishra, Vandita |
Imaging the political |
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Mukhopadhyay, Nilanjan |
Step aside, big brother |
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Pawar, Sharad |
Comment: Some soul searching |
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Rangarajan, Mahesh |
One, two, many Indias? |
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Saha, Anindya |
The Indian party system 1989-99 |
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Yadav, Yogendra |
The third electoral system |
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Zérinini-Brotel, Jasmine |
Options in Uttar Pradesh |
SEMINAR 481: September 1999
THE IDEA OF SEMINAR:
a symposium commemorating forty years of the journal.|
A letter from Seminar |
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Correa, Charles |
A question of issues |
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Cuhna, Gerson da |
A personal reprise |
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Guha, Ramachandra |
The independent journal of opinion |
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Kothari, Rajni |
Personally speaking |
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Kumar, Krishna |
Democracy without democrats? |
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Mitra, Ashok |
The past as future |
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Narayanan, K.R. |
A new mission |
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Sainath, P. |
Shrinking spaces, new places |
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Singh, Jaswant |
Memories |
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Thapar, Romila |
The search for a social ethic |
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Varma, Pavan K. |
Beyond the faction |
SEMINAR 482: October 1999
FAMILY BUSINESS:
a symposium on the role of the family in Indian business.|
Bharat-Ram, Vinay |
The colours of decision-making |
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Das, Gurcharan |
The problem |
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Dutta, Sudipt |
Boys to men |
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Guzder, Cyrus |
Interview by Naazneen Karmali |
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Mahindra, Keshub |
Comment:Towards social responsibility |
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Ninan, T.N. |
Chequered past, uncertain future |
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Piramal, Gita |
A crisis of leadership |
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Tripathi, Dwijendra |
Change and continuity |
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Tyabji, Nasir |
A Bombay cum Kamraj plan for the 21st century |
SEMINAR 483: November 1999
POLICESPEAK:
a symposium on the role of the police in our society.|
The problem |
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Bawa, P.S. |
Urban policing |
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Godbole, Madhav |
Mirage of reforms |
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Joshi, G.P. |
A requiem for the NPC? |
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Kumar, Neeraj |
Organised crime |
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Lal, Chaman |
Terrorism and insurgency |
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Marwah, Ved |
A citizen-friendly force? |
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Murari, Timeri N. |
Imaging policemen |
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Rai, Vibhuti Narain |
Handling communal riots |
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Sen, Sankar |
Training for transformation |
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Sen, Shantonu |
Police, public and prosecution |
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Sen, Shantonu |
Comment: Misfeasance |
SEMINAR 484: December 1999
MULTICULTURALISM:
a symposium on democracy in culturally diverse societies.|
Carens, Joseph H. |
Justice as even-handedness |
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Chandhoke, Neera |
The logic of recognition? |
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Chiriyankandath, James |
Constitutional predilections |
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Joseph, Sarah |
Of minorities and majorities |
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Madan, T.N. |
Perspectives on pluralism |
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Mahajan, Gurpreet |
The problem |
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Mahajan, Gurpreet |
Rethinking multiculturalism |
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Miri, Mrinal |
Understanding other cultures |
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Moddie, A.D. |
Comment: Understanding the demonization process |
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Parekh, Bhikhu |
What is multiculturalism |
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Sangari, Kumkum |
Which diversity? |
FURTHER READING
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The Sikh Spirit |
April 1999 |
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Floods |
June 1999 |
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Something Like a War |
July 1999 |
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Multiculturalism |
December 1999 |
COMMENT
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Kuldeep Kumar |
Conversions and the RSS clan (February 1999) |
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R. Ramanathan and S. Geetha |
Land for industrial purposes (February 1999) |
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Dunu Roy |
The victory march into defeat (May 1999) |
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Kuldeep Kumar |
Losers all (May 1999) |
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Baljit Malik |
Indo-Pak perfidy (September 1999) |
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Sadanand Menon |
With intent to gag (October 1999) |
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Bhavana Pankaj |
On conversions (November 1999) |
SEMINAR ISSUES
1959
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1959 1.The Party in Power 2. Food for Forty Crores 3. Freedom and Planning 4. The Changing Village |
The 1960’s
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1960 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
1961 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
1962 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
1963 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
1964 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 |
1965 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
1966 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
1967 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
1968 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
1969 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 |
The 1970’s
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1970 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
1971 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
1972 149. India 1971 150. Impact of Bangladesh 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
1973 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
1974 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 |
1975 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
1976 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
1977 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
1978 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
1979 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 |
The 1980’s
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1980 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
1981 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
1982 269. India 1981 270. The Arming of a Subcontinent 271. India: Seen from Abroad 272. The Campus Scene 273. Refocusing 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
1983 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
1984 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 |
1985 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
1986 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
1987 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
1988 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
1989 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 |
The 1990’s
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1990 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
1991 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
1992 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
1993 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
1994 413. India 1993 414. Managing Energy 415. Future of the Mind 416. Islam 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 |
1995 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
1996 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
1997 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
1998 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
1999 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 |
