Index
SEMINAR ISSUES 2000
SEMINAR 485: January 2000; INDIA 1999: a symposium on the year that was.
Index
SEMINAR ISSUES 2000
SEMINAR 485: January 2000; INDIA 1999: a symposium on the year that was.
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Four stories and a question |
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Poverty in the conversions debate |
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Knowing the general |
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People’s planning, Kerala’s dilemma |
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A sucker’s payoff |
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Hamara Vajpayee |
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A new beginning? |
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A speculative gaze |
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Values first (Interview by Naazneen Karmali) |
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An Indian century? |
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India’s security environment |
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Ethics of humanitarianism |
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Hindutva’s ‘accursed problem’ |
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Bofors’ ghost |
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Violating India’s natural treasures |
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Since the Pokhran tests |
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Deeper but unfinished |
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Workers of the sea |
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Combatting corruption |
SEMINAR 486: February 2000; ENVIRONMENT: MYTH AND REALITY: a symposium re-evaluating some prevailing beliefs.
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Interview |
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Environmental crisis in Nepal |
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| and Melissa Leach |
Webs of power: forest loss in Guinea |
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Himalayan erosion |
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| and Vasant K. Saberwal |
The problem |
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Degradation, sustainability or transformation? |
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India’s groundwater challenge |
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Global warming and India |
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The Amazon: a natural landscape? |
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Jhum: shifting opinions |
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Ecological uncertainty, institutions and myths |
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Misunderstandings of Sahelian land use ecology |
SEMINAR 487: March 2000; LOOKING EAST: a symposium on the need to refocus our foreign policy.
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A measured tread to the future |
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The problem |
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India-Japan relations after Pokharan II |
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The political dimensions |
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The Asian balance of power |
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Sino-Japan relations and India |
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Historical perspectives |
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Asean after the crisis |
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Globalization, India and East Asia |
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Our eastern neighbour |
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Prospects for a Bay of Bengal community |
SEMINAR 488: April 2000; AGEING: a symposium on the greying of our society.
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The problem |
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Demographic transition |
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| and Komal Kothari |
Omission-commission transcreated by Mohmaya) |
| and S.N. Sengupta |
Health issues |
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Ageing pains |
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Interview (by Mala K. Shankardass) |
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Societal responses |
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Ageism |
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National policy on older persons |
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The last scene |
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Social ageing in India and America |
SEMINAR 489: May 2000; UNHEALTHY TRENDS: a symposium on the state of our pubic health system.
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The problem |
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Unsafe abortion |
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Whither indigenous medicine |
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Privatisation and corporatisation |
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Where are we today? |
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End of drug control? |
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A perspective on reforms |
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Engendering health |
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Innovations in Tamil Nadu |
SEMINAR 490: June 2000; AFRICAN TRANSITIONS: a symposium on the continent’s engagement with democracy.
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Globalisation and recolonisation |
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The politics of stable civil-military relations |
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Security challenges |
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Do South Africans value democracy? |
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The state, constitutionalism and democratization |
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Women in African literature |
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Minority rights in plural societies |
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From idealism to genocide |
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The problem |
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Feminist knowledge |
SEMINAR 491: July 2000; STREET VENDORS: a symposium on reconciling people’s livelihood and urban governance.
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The problem |
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Interview (by Mirai Chatterjee) |
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A raw deal? |
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Steering clear of icebergs |
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Ghosh, Shaktiman |
A question of survival |
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Roles and perceptions |
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Vendors, police and governance |
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The politics of urban space |
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Organizing street vendors |
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Encroachers or service providers? |
SEMINAR 492: August 2000; PROTECTING NATURE: a symposium on some legal issues concerning the environment.
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Water rights |
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Justice denied |
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Musings of a green judge |
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The wealth of nations revisited |
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Legislative framework and judicial craftsmanship |
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Fragile coastline |
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Customary law |
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The plight of the tribal |
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Rights and duties |
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Settling rights |
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The problem |
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International obligations |
SEMINAR 493: September 2000; REDESIGNING CURRICULA: a symposium on working a framework for school education.
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On curriculum framework |
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The problem |
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Dealing with deprivation |
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Common curriculum for a democracy? |
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The great Indian tradition |
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Looking at literacy |
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Acquiring literacy in schools |
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The granite reading of a rainbow |
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The ‘community gap’ in primary education |
SEMINAR 494: October 2000; UNVIABLE UNIVERSITIES: a symposium on the crisis in higher education.
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The problem |
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International trends |
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W(h)ither IITs |
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Whither equity? |
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Encouraging private initiatives |
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Autonomy: the MCC experience |
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Continuing confusion in Nepal |
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Private-public divides |
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Educating the architect |
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Reforming educational financing |
SEMINAR 495: November 2000; SITUATING SOCIOLOGY: a symposium on knowledge, institutions and practices in a discipline.
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Teaching and research |
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Frozen ice and a silent spring |
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Deshpande, Satish, Nandini Sundar and Patricia Uberoi |
The problem |
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Professionals without professionalism? |
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Histories from the borderlands |
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On crossing boundaries |
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Sociology in a regional context |
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A perspecitive on the ASI |
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Teaching anthropology |
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Deja vu? |
SEMINAR 496: December 2000; FRAMEWORKS FOR PEACE: a symposium on efforts to broker peace in Kashmir.
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The problem |
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Beyond mutual destruction |
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Voices (interviews) |
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Report |
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Debating automomy |
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The international system and the Irish peace process |
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Learning from others |
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A Kashmiri lament |
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Towards a peace process |
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Placing people at the centre |
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Sharing dreams |
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Reportage |
FURTHER READING
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Looking East, #487 |
487, March 2000 |
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Ageing, #488 |
488, April 2000 |
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Unheathy Trends, #489 |
489, May 2000 |
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Street Vendors, #491 |
491, July 2000 |
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Redesigning Curricula, #493 |
493, September 2000 |
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Unviable Universities, #494 |
494, October 2000 |
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495, November 2000 |
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496, December 2000 |
COMMENT
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Nandini Sundar, #488 |
Activism and academic angst (April 2000) |
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Primila Lewis, #489 |
Jammu journey (May 2000) |
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Indu Agnihotri, #490 |
Crossborder exchanges (June 2000) |
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Dunu Roy, #491 |
People and planning (July 2000) |
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Baljit Malik, #492 |
In praise of life, liberation and freedom (August 2000) |
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Prasenjit Maiti, #493 |
Violence of politics and the politics of violence (September 2000) |
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Sailendra Nath Ghosh, #493 |
Fundamentals of nature protection (September 2000) |
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Alok Rai, #494 |
Giving values a bad name (October 2000) |
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Ardhendu Senm #494 |
Industry at the crossroads (October 2000) |
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Latha Govindan, #495 |
Transacting sociology at the school level (November 2000) |
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Rohan D’Souza, #496 |
Why Ambedkerites should be against large dams (December 2000) |
SEMINAR ISSUES
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 145. 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. 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
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. Demo-cracy 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
