Political Decentralisation and Development Models
The proposed 87th Constitution amendment bill and its countrycousin the Andhra Pradesh Ordinance have highlighted once again something which has characterised the entire history of political...
View ArticleSocial Science: Dialogue for Revival
This paper takes an overview of a recently organised seminar at MIDS on the state of social science research in India. Besides focusing on the ills that beset social science research at present, more...
View ArticleState and Society in India:Porous Boundary
middle class he is also able to affirm that read more
View ArticleCaste and 'Modernity'
V K NATRAJ This is a personalised response to M S S Pandianread more
View ArticleHigher Education
Higher Education An Alternative Perspective V K NATRAJ There have been two interesting pieces in these columns relating to higher education (Rishikesh Krishna, April 23 and A M Shah, May 28 and also a...
View ArticleBilingual Intellectuals in Karnataka
This is a brief response to Ramachandra Guha’s “The Rise and Fall of the Bilingual Intellectual” (EPW, 15 August 2009). Guha has written with that lucidity and felicitous tone which he has accustomed...
View ArticleThe Unveiled Statues of Bangalore and Chennai: What Do They Reveal?
After lying covered for nearly 20 years, the statues of the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar and the Kannada poet Sarvajna were unveiled in August in Bangalore and Chennai, respectively. Considering the...
View ArticleWhy the Census Should Not Count Caste
A response to the article "The Politics of Not Counting Caste" (EPW, 19 June 2010) and the editorial "Why We Must Count Caste" (22 May) on caste in the 2011 Census, contesting the main arguments...
View ArticlePresidential (Im)propriety
This letter is written in the hope that it will provoke discussion on an important issue. Is the President of India not expected to project a secular and neutral image as far as public religious...
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