symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Ratnakar Tripathy, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna

• EXILED BETWEEN HOME AND MEMORY
  Ashwani Kumar, Associate Professor, Center for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

• DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL
  Sankarshan Thakur, Executive Editor, 'Tehelka', Delhi

• REVIVING CULTURE
  Prabhakara Jha, formerly, Assistant Professor for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis

• INTERVIEW
  Jeetendra Verma, Patna based social activist and writer in conversation with Phalhari Suryavanshi Das, head priest of the Mahavir temple, Patna

• MISSION POSSIBLE
  Nikhil Kumar, Member of Parliament (LS), Patna

• CHANGE FROM THE MIDDLE?
  Prabhat P. Ghosh, Director, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna

• CAN BIHAR INDUSTRIALIZE?
  Chirashree Das Gupta, Assistant Professor, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna

• CENTRALLY PLANNED INEQUALITY
  Mohan Guruswamy, Chairman, Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPAS), Delhi

• ENSURING QUALITY WITH EQUITY
  Vinay K. Kantha, teaches mathematics at Patna University and works in the field of education and human rights; currently, President, PUCL, Bihar state unit, Patna

• CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITY
  Vandita Mishra, Senior Editor, 'The Indian Express', Delhi

• NOTES
  Urbanism and Sub-national Identity by Shaibal Gupta, Member-Secretary, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna; Children Are Our Present by Daisy Narain, Department of History, Patna University, Patna

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Ratnakar Tripathy, Aditya Nigam, Jeemol Unni, Surinder S. Jodhka and Ajay K. Mehra

• IN MEMORIAM
  Daya Krishna 1924-2007

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