SEMINAR ISSUES 2004
SEMINAR 533: January 2004; INDIA 2003: a symposium on the year that was.
Bajpai, Kanti	Back to the future?
Banerjee, Sumanta	In search of the ‘Gandiva’
Dasgupta, Swapan	Whatever happened to Hindutva?
Haksar, Nandita	The many faces of nationalism
James, George A.	In conversation (with Sunderlal Bahuguna)
Kathuria, Poonam	Ensuring gender justice
Khare, Harish	Waiting for the Atal decade
Khilnani, Sunil	Branding India
Mehta, Pratap Bhanu	The maturing voter?
Ninan, T.N.	The colours of the rainbow
Rangarajan, Mahesh	Advantage Vajpayee
Roy, Dunu	From home to estate
Sainath, P.	The globalisation of inequality
Samaddar, Ranabir	In life, in death
Sanghvi, Vir	The paradoxes of Tehelka
Sardesai, Rajdeep	Drawing a Ram-rekha
Sharma, Jyotirmaya	The Islamic mirror of Hindutva
Swami, Praveen	Kashmir: through the looking glass
SEMINAR 534: February 2004; BEYOND THE VERDICT: a symposium on electoral verdicts and democratic outcomes.
	The problem
Alam, Javeed	The rhetoric of development
Daga, Mahesh	Is the party over?
Khera, Reetika	Monitoring disclosures
Kumar, Sanjay	A tale of three cities
Kumar, Sunil	Fruits of megalomania
Manor, James	Congress defeat in MP
Mrug, Jai	Dynamics of electoral victories
Mudgal, Vipul	Losing a winning hand
Pai, Sudha	Choices before the BSP
Sivaramakrishnan, K.C.	Delhi election watch
Yadav, Yogendra	Open contest, closed options
SEMINAR 535:March 2004; CHANGING CHENNAI: a symposium on the queen of the Coromandel.
	The problem
Bail, Scharada	Weird, warped, or plain wonderful?
Baskaran, S. Theodore	Turtles and antelopes
Doctor, Geeta	Virtual reality
Doshi, Tishani	The Madras syndrome
Murari, Timeri N.	New wine in the old bottle
Muthiah, S.	First city of modern India
Padmanabhan, Mukund	A politics of retribution
Ramnarayan, V.	Curdrice cricket
Rangan, Baradwaj	Two people, one industry
Sriram, V.	The music season
Thiagarajan, Deborah	Chennai:Madras
Varma, Shreekumar	Madras in words
SEMINAR 536: April 2004; ARE WE LEARNING?: a symposium on ensuring quality elementary education.
	The problem
Banerji, Rukmini	Field notes
Banerji, Rukmini, Madhav Chavan and Usha Rane	Learning to read
Giridhar, S.	The learning guarantee programme
Jain, Sharada	In search of quality
Jandhyala, Kameshwari	Field notes
Jhingran, Dhir	Beyond resources
Kaur, Gurveen	Rethinking schooling
Mahapatra, Amukta	Transformation or tinkering?
Nambissan, Geetha B.	Integrating gender concerns
Ramachandran, Vimala	The best of times, the worst of times
Rampal, Anita	Unpacking the ‘quality’ of schools
Rao, Padmanabha, Radhika Herzberger and Rajan Chandy	Reaching for quality in the countryside
Sinha, Amarjeet	Is it really possible?
Vasavi, A.R.	In the labyrinth of the education bureaucracy
SEMINAR 537: May 2004; INDIA SHINING: a symposium on gainers, losers and development performance.
	The problem
Baru, Rama	Abdicating responsibility
Dev, S. Mahendra	Post-reform regional variations
Kannan, K.P.	Shining socio-spatial disparities
Mecklai, Jamal	It’s time to disco
Nathan, Dev	The future of indigenous peoples
Papola, T.S. and Alakh N. Sharma	Labour: down and out?
Prakash, Aseem	Is civil society the panacea?
Sen, Abhijit	‘Shining’ in rural India
Sen, Gita	Whither women’s health
Seth,Suhel	Taking the shine off India
SEMINAR 538: June 2004; THE DIASPORA: a symposium on Indian-Americans and the motherland.
	The problem
Budhos, Marina	Living the American dream
Dahejia, Vidya	Arts and the diaspora
Desai, Sonalde and Rahul Kanakia	Profile of a diasporic community
Deshpande, Shekhar	Whose identity is it anyway?
Hathaway, Robert M.	Washington’s new strategic partnership
Kamdar, Mira	Lights, camera, action
Kapur, Devesh	Firm opinions, infirm facts
Kumar, Amitava	Lunch with a bigot
Lal, Vinay	Labour and longing
Prashad, Vijay	Dusra Hindustan
Puri, Rajika	Constricting hybridity
Ray, Sangeeta	Through the looking glass
SEMINAR 539: July 2004; A MANDATE FOR CHANGE: a symposium on the 2004 general elections.
	The problem
Ansari, Sahabzada Yusuf Ahmad	What lies beneath
Banerjee, Sumanta	Journalism as hagiography
Chandra, Kanchan	Elections as auctions
Chatterjee, Manini	The debacle and after
Guruswamy, Mohan	Reality and perception
Kumar, Kuldeep	Divisive and fractured
Mehta, Pratap Bhanu	The end of charisma?
Mukherjee, Rudrangshu	Left luggage
Narayan, Jayaprakash	Representational legitimacy and electoral reforms
Sainath, P.	Post-poll trauma and the end of analysis
Sarangi, Asha	Ritual of political rhetoric
SEMINAR 540; August 2004: CELEBRATING WOMEN: a symposium on women who made a difference.
	The problem
Ali, Subhashini	A life in service
Devy, Ganesh N.	The adivasi Mahashweta
Gandhi, Gopal	A song sung true
George, T.J.S.	Why Nargis matters
Khilnani, Sunil	Looking for Indira Gandhi
Kidwai, Saleem	The singing ladies find a voice
Kothari, Sunil	Revolutionising sadir
Ramnarayan, Gowri	Inner peace and timeless faith
Singh, Malvika	The tapestry of her life
SEMINAR 541: September 2004; NEW PRIORITIES: a symposium on a social agenda for India.
	The problem
Chatterjee, Mirai	Social security through health insurance
Guha Thakurta, Paranjoy	Illusion of consensus
Jha, Prem Shankar	Tablet of fire
Mahajan, Vijay	Deregulating rural credit
Prayas	Beyond state and market
Roy, Aruna and Nikhil Dey	The redistribution of power
Saxena, Naresh C.	Improving programme delivery
Singh, Manmohan	Independence day address
Thakkar, Himanshu	Restoring sanity in water use
Vijayshankar, P. and C. Rammanohar Reddy	Ensuring employment guarantee
SEMINAR 542; October 2004: WORKING CONSERVATION: a symposium on protecting our culture and heritage.
Baig, Amita	The problem
Bhattacherjee, Kallol	Renovating the‘History House’
Dilawari, Vikas	Generic problems
Document	The Marwar initiative
Document	The Red Fort, Delhi
Lambah, Abha Narain	Heritage streetscape
Nanda, Ratish	Negotiating conservation
Prothi-Khanna, Nupur	Conflicting perceptions
Rai, Gurmeet	Learning through activism
Rao, Ravindra Gundu	Drawing on traditional practices
Sharma, Tara	Preserving the sacred
Singh, Priyaleen	Working in historic cities
Varanashi, Sathya Prakash	Collective chaos
SEMINAR 543: November 2004; AMCHEM GOEM: a symposium on the many facets of Goan society.
Couto, Alban	The Goan economy
Couto, Maria Aurora	The problem
DeSouza, Peter Ronald	Democracy’s inconvenient fact
Fernandes, Naresh	Remembering Anthony Gonsalves
Gracias, Fatima da Silva	The journey of Goan food
Halarnakar, T.D.	Rural self-government Goan style
Martins, Roland	For a humane tourism
Mauzo, Damodar and Xavier Cota	Reviving cultural traditions
Mundkur, Bal	An outsider in Goa
Pai Panandiker, Vishvanath	Impact of democracy and federalism on Goa
Pandit, Heta	Goan houses
Pereira, José	Goan architecture
Phaldesai, Pandurang R.	Folk culture
Poggendorf-Kakar, Katharina	A personal view
Sardesai, Madhavi	Mother tongue blues
SEMINAR 544: December 2004; ELUSIVE JUSTICE: a symposium on the Bhopal gas disaster after twenty years.
Ahluwalia, Pooja	Speaking out
Cohen, Gary	The chemical industry’s Bhopal legacy
Muralidhar, S.	Dateline Bhopal
Nagaraj, Vijay K. with Nithya V. Raman	Are we prepared for another Bhopal?
Nariman, Fali S.	Some reflections
Raina, Vinod with Raju Kumar	Twenty years of relentless struggle
Ramanathan, Usha	The problem
Sarangi, Satinath	Medical crime
Sharma, H. Rajan	Catastrophe and the dilemma of law
FURTHER READING
Are We Learning?	April 2004
COMMENT
C.P. Bhambhri	Comment (February 2004)
Sandhya Kumar	Women and the WSF (March 2004)
R. Uma Maheshwari	Multiple sites of protest (March 2004)
Nisha	Why might women support religious fundamentalism (May 2004)
Susan Visvanathan	Sociology and literature (June 2004)
Arunabha Ghosh	For the sake of our freedoms (July 2004)
C.P. Bhambhri	United progressive alliance? (July 2004)
Koshy Tharakan	Understanding polls and predictions (July 2004)
Dilip D’Souza	The market: medium, message, everything (August 2004)
Kallol Bhattacherjee	Spinning a nation: Margarete Bourke-White’s Gandhi (August 2004)
Tridip Suhrud	Truth as politics (December 2004)
Priyanka Kher	Veiling the fundamentals (December 2004)
ESSAY
Susan Visvanathan	India and fiction (February 2004)
Kasturi Sen with Abla Sibai	Conflict and its aftermath (September 2004)
Ananya Vajpeyi	The face of truth (October 2004)
IN MEMORIAM
Rajni Kothari	Ramakrishna Hegde 1926-2004 (February 2004)
Harsh Sethi	Krishna Raj 1937-2004 (February 2004)
Valmik Thapar	Komal Kothari – more than a treasure (June 2004)
Rustom Bharucha	Remembering Komalda (June 2004)
Nayan Chanda	Tiziano Terzani: a people’s reporter (October 2004)
Anil Saari Arora	Kishen Patnaik: protoganist of India’s alternate tradition (December 2004)
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1959 1. The Party in Power 2. Food for Forty Crores 3. Freedom and Planning 4. The Changing Village
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
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 45. China Today 146. A Nuclear India 147. Crisis in the Press 148. Acapolitics
1972 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
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
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. 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
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. Inter-ventions 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
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: 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
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
2000 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
2001 497. India 2000 498. Markets in Motion 499. Wastelands 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
2002 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.
2003 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
2004 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